Print Send Add Share. Throughout the years, the Citizen combined with several other local papers and in became a weekly operated by Thomas Treason Thompson, Walter Thompson's cousin, and his business partner Macy B. Two years later, Thompson and Darnall joined forces with publishers of the Inter-Ocean, another local paper, to form the Citizen Publishing Company and publish the combined, newly formed six-day-per-week edition of the Key West Citizen.
In , L. Artman Sr. He set out to modernize its journalistic style and began printing it on a Linotype machine.
The paper continued publishing under his direction until when he passed away and his son, Norman D. Artman, took over as publisher. This paper has classified itself as Democratic since its inception but always vowed to provide unbiased news. The Citizen is considered a "paper of record," having outlived most other local newspapers during times of war, peace, and prosperity. For decades, the Citizen has prided itself on being the "southernmost newspaper in the USA" and has been a member of the Associated Press.
The paper's aim has remained "advancement of the interests of Key West and Monroe County. On a statewide and local level, the Citizen included reports on the development of the railroad system in Florida, the fishing industry, and the Everglades National Park. It featured recurring columns for local sports, news related to "society" and "improvements for Key West advocated by the Citizen.
Colored Community News was edited by Winifred Sands Johnson and appeared weekly, typically, as a full page dedicated to news and social events in the local African American community. Notas Cubanas was a column published by Raoul Alpizar Poyo. Key West, Florida, is the southernmost city in the continental US.
