Once upon a time in Ada
Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
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ADA 1898:
April Charles Storer put in a bathtub in his barber shop.
May 29 The cornerstone for the First Methodist Episcopal Church was set with a copy of the church history, a Methodist hymnal, a work by John Wesley, copies of the Bible, and current copied of Ada’s two newspapers, The University Herald and the Ada Record. The estimated cost for the new church was $26,800, which included the organ.
September 21 Train 8, eastbound and due here at 10 p.m., is a regular mail train though it has never thrown off mail here but commencing Monday night this service was begun. The mail will be distributed the first thing the next morning.
Stories Posted This Week
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
- Grace & Glow salon services now located at 115 South Main
- Sacramento Mandarins invitation to drum corps rehearsals at ONU
- July 2025 land transfers in the Ada School District
- US 68/Main St. in Dunkirk closed for 25 days
- Apollo Career Center high school students will eat for free this year
- Paul E. Downing worked for Sheller Globe