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Hunter Valley · Weddings

Weddings, 1876

2 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Californian Mail Extracts. a Lover's Mania. Jilted at the Hour Set for the Wedding— the Groom Takes to His Bed and Lies There for Thirty-six Years

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1876 · page 3

It is an old saying that one-half the world is not aware how the other half lives. This saying which is both old and common, may be fully illustratod in the life and death of Ephraim…

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Californian Mail Extracts. the Bridal Party a Mother In-law Exercises Her Privileges While on a Wedding Trip. (From the Detroit Free Press.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1876 · page 7

There were three of them. One was a bride, the other a happy groom with red ears and maiden whiskers, and the third was the bride's mother. They were at the Grand Trunk depot…

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