Wednesday, April 24, 2024 • Vol. 146, No. 48

Back Issues

If you wish to order a specific issue of The Astoria South Fulton Argus, the cost is $1.00 per issue. We keep back issues up to a year.

To have an issue mailed to you, add $1.75 for shipping ($2.75 total). We do not accept credit cards. Please send check or money order, issue desired, and return address to:

The Astoria South Fulton Argus
Attn: Circulation Dept.
P.O. Box 590
Astoria, IL 61501-0590

Please note: Special editions (Graduation, Holiday, etc.) may cost more to ship due to their heavier weight. Please call 309-329-2151 for pricing information.


Older issues are available on microfilm at the Schuyler Jail Museum and Genealogical Center at 200 South Congress, Rushville, IL, phone 217-322-6975 (call for availability). You can visit their website at the following link (you will need to copy/paste the URL into your browser):

schuylercountyillinois.com/museum.html


Microfilm can also be viewed at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield. They currently have microfilm of the Astoria Argus, the Astoria Search Light, the Astoria Argus-Searchlight and the Astoria South Fulton Argus covering the years from 1886 through June 2012, and more recent issues of the Astoria South Fulton Argus are in the process of being archived. For more information, visit their website at the following link (you will need to copy/paste the URL into your browser):

presidentlincoln.illinois.gov/learn/library-research/library-collections/newspapers-on-microfilm/