530 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Bro^^Ti. In 1853 it was succeeded bj' the Jackson Courier, of which Joel "Wilkinson was editor and proprietor. "Wilkinson con- tinued its pubHcation nntil the breaking out of the Civil war, when the newspaper was suspended. On August -ith, 1871, ther appeared the first issue of the Missouri Cash Book at Jack- son. It was foimded by "W. S. Malone, and he continued as eoitor and proprietor luitil June, 1875. For a time it was conducted by the Cash Book Publishing and Printing Com- pany. They sold it to D. D. Hampton, who died within a year of his purchase. It was then published by A. S. Coker, and later by Coker & Honey, until January, 1882, when Coker sold his interest to F. A. McGuire. In June, 1883, McGuire became the sole propri- etor, and has continued the publication up to this time. The Cash Book is imique among the older papers of this section in that it has never changed either in name or political faith. It was established as a Democratic weekly and ha.s continued as such up to the present. It is one of the oldest papers in this part of the state issued under its original management, and is an influential and ably conducted journal. Mr. McGuire 's long association in the newspaper world has given him a fimd of information about newspapers and news- paper men that is exceedingly valuable. The Deutscher Volks Freiind was estab- lished in 1886, the fii'st number appearing on March 11th. Its editor was Frederick Kies, and it was published in the German lan- guage. The publication has continued do-vn to the present time. Mr. Kies still conducts it with distinguished ability, and the paper has a large circulation among the German population of Cape Girardeau and surroimd- ing counties. For several years Mr. Kies has published in connection with it an English paper called the Jackson Items. The Comet Avas issued at Jackson for a short time, about 1895, by W. S. "Wilkinson. It was a Populist paper and soon disap- peared. The first newspaper printed in Cape Girardeau was Tlie Patriot, established in 1836 by Edwin H. "White. "White was a "^^hig and published his paper in the interest of that party; however, he experienced the usual difficulty attendant upon newspaper publication in Southeast Missouri and sus- pended his paper after a short time. In 1843 John "W. Morrison established another "Whig paper called The South Missouri. The West- ern Eagle and Marble City News were pub- lished in 1866, and Democracy; by "William Gruelle. James Lindsay for a few years . edited a paper called The Censor about 1846, and a paper called The Argus was estab- lished in 1869 and published for a short time. The first German paper was the Westliche Post, established in 1871. The Courier began to be published in 1878 and the Mississippi Valley Globe in 1872. The Cape Talk was published for a while in 1856 and a religious paper called The Baptist Headlight in 1896. In 1876 a paper called The Democrat was established as a weekly and later made a daily about 1888, and published for many years by Benjamin H. Adams. Publication of The Democrat was discontinued in 1907. The SoutJieast Gazette, a weekly, was estab- lished in 1898 by Joseph Flynn and con- tinued by him for several .years. In 1893, The Neiv Era began but was published only for a short time. It was published by Minton & Shelton. In the same year D. L. Hoffman published a paper which he called the Be-
