We have a selection of free online history journals, magazines and newspapers from the 1800s and early 1900s from the Great Lakes region and each of it’s five states, at these pages;
Great Lakes History Periodicals: Newspapers
Illinois History Periodicals
Indiana History Periodicals
Michigan History Periodicals
Ohio History Periodicals
Wisconsin History Periodicals
We also have many links sites with free online collections of vintage newspapers throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, on our Century Past Free Online Library;