Ada Oklahoma Leading Tradesmen and Growth Sketch
A compact portrait of Ada Oklahoma highlighting leading tradesmen who drive the local economy. The sketch traces Ada’s commercial growth and notes key figures shaping business momentum in the city.
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
1
A compact portrait of Ada Oklahoma highlighting leading tradesmen who drive the local economy. The sketch traces Ada’s commercial growth and notes key figures shaping business momentum in the city.
The edition promotes Ada as an ideal relocation spot with strong family comfort, housing, and educational advantages. It highlights eight local churches, a growing community, and the appeal of a thriving town for Christian residents seeking a place to live and raise children.
Jackson Bros. Furniture at 111 West Main, Ada, promotes affordable home furnishing with mail order catalog and easy terms. Frank and Dave Jackson, early settlers, highlight Ada’s growth, trade center status, and robust civic infrastructure including paving, waterworks, schools, and a rising population of about 6,500.
Ada's business booster profile highlights L T Walters owner of Walkers Music House at 117 119 West Grand Ave. Since 1907 he expanded from funeral supplies to a major musical instrument and phonograph dealer with Baldwin pianos and other lines. The firm employs experts, serves a wide region, and emphasizes quality, stock, and service.
L T Walters promotes sewing machines pictures and picture frames with offerings and contact details for shoppers seeking household equipment and framing.
The passage critiques the self made man who admires his own work, arguing his vanity reveals social misjudgments about effort and merit. It frames pride as a flaw, contrasting public perception with personal vanity and the penalties of self praise.
Ada profiles Alva D Coon jeweler and optician at 105 West Main street native of Indiana who came to the Indian Territory and Ada after years in Rofs and Stratford The store boasts a complete line of diamonds watches rings glass and gifts with a renowned repair and engraving department and expert eyeglass fitting Coon is a leading progressive citizen supporting Ada and Pontotoc County ventures
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