Ada cotton gin venture shows farmer led success story
The Pontotoc Custom Gin Company near Ada Oklahoma grew from a small coop to ten stands with 5 178 bales last season and a nearly quarter of a million dollar gross. John W Balthrop led the enterprise with a business like board of directors and emphasizes efficient management credit and service to all customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Oklahoma
Pontotoc Custom Gin Company
Tech Capital
Pontotoc
John W. Balthrop
I. Am. Gilmore
J. B. Parker
J. D. Chandler
L. D. Brandon
W. H. Brumley
Gilmore
Parker
C. C. Lea
Balthrop
Lea
Do Not Get Careless With Your Blood Supply
Public notice promotes S. S. S. vegetable blood medicine to revitalize blood and ward off disease. Encourages visiting drug stores and contacting Swift Specific Co for free medical advice at 109 Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
John Flowers Candidacy Endorsed by The Weekly News
Normal and has taught school for several years in this section of Oklahoma. He took a thorough course in a business college in order to further qualify himself for success, graduating from the Ransom erian Business college at Kansas City. Equipped with a teacher's certificate and a business college diploma, and with several years' experience in teaching, John Flowers is well qualified for the office to which he aspires. Having been a hard worker all his life he will make an energetic campaign of the county and will do his best to see all the voters. The Weekly News asks its readers to give his candidacy careful attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Balthrop
Jones
Sat Creek
Ann
Weekly News
John Flowers
Oklahoma
Ada
East Central
Ransomerian Business College
Kansas City
The
Prickly Ash Bitters Offered By Gwin and Mays Drug Co
When food gives you distress you need a dose of Prickly Ash Bitters to relieve the stomach and aid digestion. It is a fine stomach and bowel purifier. Price 1.25 per bottle. Gwin and Mays Drug Co Special Agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwin & Mays Drug
Ada Compress Shows Best Year Yet for Output
The Ada compress owned by the Anderson-Ceyton Cotton company produced 32 000 bales of cotton last year surpassing local averages. The Pontoto county area contributed heavily while cotton also arrives from within a 50 mile radius and is largely exported abroad via southern and eastern routes. W T Anderson the local superintendent notes no greater overseas demand than last year and predicts reduced production locally due to late spring and smaller acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Anderson-Ceyton Cotton Company
Pontoto Ecounty
W. T. Anderson
Cotton Compress At Ada Eyes High Season Prospects
The Ada compress expects a strong season with cotton prices rising and repairs underway to be ready for the cycle from September to May 1. About 35 enslaved workers operate the yard with eight to ten white staff handling engineering and clerical duties, while voices chant work songs echoing the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Earliest Iron Ships Built Like Wooden Predecessors
Early iron ships followed woodwork practices with closely spaced ribs, showing transitional design as shipbuilders adapted framing methods from wooden vessels to iron hulls.
Louisiana House Opposes Federal Suffrage Amendment
The Louisiana House defeated the Shat tuck resolution for ratifying the federal suffrage amendment and then adopted the Jordan resolution, placing the state house on record in opposition to federal suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
House
House of Representatives
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wm. Dee Little
Ada Compress
Zensal
Zensal Company OF
Oklahoma City
Nels Darling
Prest
Waterloo
Waterloo Bay
Waterloo Boy
Hyatt
Coffman, Bobbitt & Sparks CO
East Main
Hunt
Gwin & Mays
Gabe E. Parker
Five Civilized Tribes
Muskogee
Okla
Ada News
New Jersey
Ada Weekly News
Ada, Oklahoma
Guaranty State Bank of
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!