Once upon a time in Ada
Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
SUMMER 1910
July 1910 the Manufacture of Knit Goods to be Begun Here as Soon as Machinery Can be Placed, this was an announcement in the Ada Record July 13, 1910. About 1909 some Ada people bought a knitting factory at Wapakoneta, Ohio and in 1910 moved it to the Brewer Block at Ada on the second floor. The manager was to be W.H. Roper from LaPorte, Indiana. This factory was to employ mostly women.
August 1910 the council passed an ordinance requiring all “peddlers, hawkers, auctioneers of horses, hucksters and bill posters,” to secure a license. The fee was determined by the method of travel. Those on foot were to pay 1 to 5 dollars per day; on horseback, 1 to 5 dollars per day; and two horse vehicles, 2 to 10 dollars.
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