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Pekin Daily Times
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Pekin Daily Times from 2001 to current; Peoria Journal beginning in 1991; other source start dates vary. Access from home with your library card number

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Illinois state newspaper heritage collection. Find newspapers, farm news, entertainment papers and collegiate (student) newspapers

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