Ada a Leading Cotton Center in Oklahoma in 1889
Ada stands as a major cotton buying ginning and shipping point amid Oklahoma's 1889 production of 425 bales worth about 20000 dollars, with last year’s state output at 1057125 bales valued over 67200000 dollars. The city hosts five gins, a large compress, an oil mill, and a substantial cotton market fueling regional prosperity.
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England
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J. D. Lasaker
Choctaw Cotton Oil Company’s Ada mill fuels local growth
The Choctaw Cotton Oil Co of Ada runs a major industrial complex started in 1901 with eighty tons daily seed capacity, fifty workers, and a $2,000 monthly payroll. It gins more cotton than any county gin, operates gins in Shawnee and Calvin, and supplies oil, meal, linters, hulls, and local animal feed to cattle feeders and dairymen.
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Cotton Prospects and Ada Market Rise in Oklahoma
Climate and soil favor cotton in Oklahoma with growing annual output. Ada anchors a southeastern Oklahoma cotton market where buyer and promoter role drive industry. W. K. Chaney is a leading trusted operator, experienced with southern dealers, now handling cotton and Buick automobile sales.
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Special Edition Souvenir for Ada and Pontotoc County
The note asks sending a Special Edition back to an old home as a beautiful souvenir highlighting Ada and Pontotoc county. It praises the edition for its many advantages and potential timeless value as a keepsake.
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Ada Wharton Builds Ada Pecan and Peanut Market Leadership
Ada's premier produce operator Mr. Whorton has run a large modern market for about twenty months. He buys from farmers at top prices, ships carload pecan and peanut lots for holiday shipments, and seeks the entire pecan crop this season. He ranks among Ada's top business leaders, helping town and county prosperity.
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J B Steed Advances Regional High School Standards
J B Steed's career spans Wapanucka Woodville and Roff as principal and superintendent. He built Wapanucka and Woodville high schools into fully accredited four year programs in record time and turned Roff into the only Pontotoc high school offering a complete course.
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Ada Drugist Praised and Pontotoc Gin Expands Capacity
Dr Fr Holley of Crescent Drug Store at 116 East Main Street Ada is praised for reliability and community service. Pontotoc Custom Gin Company, organized by J B Stewart and others, has grown to 213 stockholders and 2,641 bales last year, planning to double to ten stands to become the state’s largest gin.
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Crescent Drug Store
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Pontotoc Custom Gin Company
Pontotoe
Clint Palmer
A. M. Adams
J. R. Bevel
Will Brumley
I. R. Gilmore
T. M. Rushing
J. R. Bevels
Ada Saddlery Co. A Leading Harness and Saddlery Firm
Ada Saddlery Co. stands as a prominent eastern Oklahoma harness and saddlery supplier. Founded by H C Evans in 1905 after moving from Henrietta Texas, the firm expanded under H P Merryman who joined in 1912. Located at 107 West Grand Avenue, it features an extensive stock of harness saddlery robes blankets brushes and horse furnishings plus a manufacturing department for hand made harness and a large line of buggies from Hanney Freeport and J W Moon.
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Ada Saddlery Company
Hanney Buggy Co
Freeport
J. W. Moon
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Merryman
Ada Compress Company Powers Ada Cotton Trade and Growth
The Ada Compress Company started in 1904 and now operates as a major, modern plant with a daily capacity of about 1700 bales. It supports county cotton interests with skilled leadership led by J D Lasater and Franklin J Phillips, and last year handled over 36 600 bales. Seattle elects Robert Hesketh, prominent bartender union official, as mayor.
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International Union of Bartenders
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Ada Weekly Star-Democrat Changes in Ownership
The Ada Weekly Star-Democrat enters its third year after being founded in 1911. L. R. Clark buys half interest and runs the paper with C. D. Tanner. Clark brings editor credentials from Francis Wigwam. Tanner has seven years in Pontotoc printing. Under new leadership, the paper shows excellent progress.
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James M. Lynch Named New York Labor Commissioner
A cable dispatch notes James M. Lynch for thirteen years as president of the International Typographical Union. London police reportedly organize under the name Metropolitan Police Trade Union in a developing labor story.
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Greenville
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Sherman
Bridge Forbes Cotton Co
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