A glimpse at the beginning

I so enjoy looking at old issues of our newspaper.

As time goes by, so many segments of our lives change.

They evolve.

One thing that has remained a constant is this newspaper.

This week I’d like to share with you portions of the editorial printed in the first edition of The Dunklin Democrat, a name change from the original Kennett Clipper.

June 22, 1893

E.P. Caruthers

Editor

The Dunklin Democrat greets its thousand readers today as the successor of the Kennett Clipper.

The change of the name was to further carry out the intentions of the present owners to publish a paper broad enough to cover all of Dunklin County and not being confined to the corporate limits of the prosperous City of Kennett.

It will be published as a clean, local newspaper, fit to go in any home.

It will fight for Dunklin County and demand recognition of Dunklin County’s statesmen and its institutions.

It will never fail to declare that here is the best land, the purest air, and the biggest crops.

The Democrat is of, in and for Dunklin County.

Here in 2023 we still strive to be the newspaper for Dunklin County.

Our small staff strives to cover as much of the County as we can.

Much of our success in this comes from our subscribers, sending in local stories of news and sports in their town.

We appreciate it.

It may have have gone through many publishing schedules and name changes, but it never lost its original goal.

It still remains the paper for Dunklin County.

Thank you for all your support through the years.

See you out there.