''The Adair County News'' was a weekly newspaper published on Wednesdays, in Columbia, Adair County,

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''The Adair County News'' was first published in 1887, and was last published in 1987.

History

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''The Adair County News'' was founded by Charles S. Harris in 1887 as a Democratic alternative to Alvin A. Strange's Republican ''Columbia Spectator'', in its first issue it was stated that the purpose of the News was that it was to serve as "a true Democratic paper, come to advocate honest convictions and defend noble principles."

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