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The Infamous Black Bird Southern Oregon History, Revised


Medford News: 1899

Below are some news highlights from Medford's sixteenth year:*


U N D E R   C O N S T R U C T I O N
    The engagement of Miss Irma Wangerin, of this city, to Clifton Taylor, of Medford, Oregon, has been announced.
"Personal and Social," Oakland Tribune, April 18, 1899, page 5


    Capt. G. Voorhies, a gentleman recently from Portland, has bought 160 acres of J. H. Stewart's fine fruit farm, located 3½ miles south of Medford, consideration $20,000. The latter will engage in the banking business in this city.
"Characteristic Items from Far-Away Oregon," Freeborn County Standard, Albert Lea, Minnesota, May 10, 1899, page 1


    Mrs. J. D. Wangerin has returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Tayler, in Medford, Or.
"Personal and Social," Oakland Tribune, June 26, 1899, page 5


    The Misses Florence and Grace Weeks are the guests of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Weeks of Medford, Oregon. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Weeks, are also in Oregon.
"Personal," Oakland Tribune, July 12, 1899, page 3
Editors at Medford.
    A copy of the Medford, Oregon Mail contains a column article regarding the extensive arrangements made to entertain the editorial excursion party last Friday. Dinner for five hundred was prepared, followed by a drive about the beautiful valley in which Medford is situated. Everybody in that vicinity owning any kind of vehicle was called upon to assist in conveying the party on the drive. There are a number of Logansporters residing in Medford, among whom is J. E. Enyart, who was on the reception committee.
Logansport Reporter, Indiana, July 12, 1899, page 8


    MEDFORD, ORE.--James Stewart has bought out the interest of his partner, L. C. Narregan, in the book business, and is now sole proprietor.
"Bibliographic Notes," The Publishers' Weekly, July 22, 1899, page 159


HOTEL GOSSIP.
    "Oregon has got her second growth," said Dr. J. M. Keene of Medford yesterday. Dr. Keene, who is a member of the Oregon state board of dental examiners, is just returning from Niagara Falls, where he has been as a delegate to the National Association of Dental Examiners, which held its session there. "Times were never better in our state, and Medford is growing at a rapid rate. Our mines in southern Oregon have proven first-class and while we are not booming we are going ahead at a rapid rate. The Rogue River section never had the promise of a better crop than is likely this year, and we are in the very best shape. As for politics, I am not much of a politician, but we are all expansionists out there, and believe in holding on to all we acquired in the [Spanish-American] war."
The Salt Lake Herald, Utah, September 27, 1898, page 1


    Miss Pearl Webb left today for her home in Medford, Oregon. Miss Webb has been a guest of L. H. Webb and family and Mr. and Mrs. Camburn I. Webb for the past three months and has won many friends during her visit here.
"University Place," Des Moines Daily News, Iowa, October 31, 1899, page 2


    G. F. Palm left Wednesday night for Medford, Oregon, for an extended visit with his brother.
"People We Know," Coshocton Age, Ohio, November 24, 1899, page 8


Last revised October 9, 2009
 *For more complete names of persons identified by initials, see the Index.