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Hunter Valley · Weddings

Weddings, 1884

7 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

The Wedding Veil

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 4

TRAVELLERS in Japan describe the Japanese maiden's wedding veil as a long, flowing piece, at gauze white and soft in texture. It is used but twice—first for a bridal veil and again…

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Fashionable Wedding Extraordinary

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 February 1884 · page 4

THE fashionable world of Melbourne is just now discussing a wedding which was celebrated on Wednesday last in the Western District. The bridegroom…

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A Peculiar Wedding

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 March 1884 · page 4

A WEDDING took place near Platte City, in the United States, on December 27, that excited more than usual interest, owing to the presence at the ceremony…

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An Arab Wedding

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1884 · page 18

Next day we continued our journey to the Southwest, and towards evening reached a valley covering perhaps a dozen of acres well supplied with bushes. Here we halted. The women took the stuff off the…

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Wedding at All Saints', Petersham

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 June 1884 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon a larga number of persons at All Saints Church, Petersham, on the occasion of the marriage of Mr. David Methven…

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An Imperial Wedding at St. Petersburg

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1884 · page 12

St. Petersburg on June 14 took its turn in witnessing a dazzling Imperial pageantry such as Moscow was treated to during the coronation festivities of last spring. The…

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Chapter Ix. the First Wedding

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 20

"Do you love him, Arley!" "Why, my darling Lily of Mordaunt; how can you ask such a question? Do you suppose I should have accepted him if I had not?"…

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