Source:Herald & Review (Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States)

Obituaries

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Content found at this repository spans from 1880 to 2020 (present), with a page count as of May 2020 of >1.37 million. It appears that material after 1962 requires a Publishers Extra account, material before 1962 requiring a standard paid account. All clipped articles, though, are avaialable free of charge, and generally any cited material included here (in WeRelate) will be clipped material; further, clippings can be searched via the site free of charge.

Preceding and related newspapers

According to Repository:Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers, this title was established in 1989. From 1988 to 1999, the paper ran under the name The Decatur Herald & Review. For the preceding six years, "Decatur" was again dropped from the title, for The Herald & Review. For a couple of years before this, the title was indicated as a morning paper: The Morning Herald & Review. For almost a century (1899 to 1980) before this, the title was The Decatur Herald. For about the preceding decade, the newspaper was known as Morning Herald-Dispatch (1890-1899). This was preceded by another decadal name, The Decatur Morning Herald (1880 to 1890).