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Hunter Valley · Weddings

Weddings, 1890

10 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Wedding

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 3

ANENT the wedding at Moonan Brook on Wednesday, a correspondent writes: "This little town was this morning the scene of the greatest excitement on…

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Romantic Wedding

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 3

"Truth is stranger than fiction," and in no way is this adage better illustrated than in the romantic wedding on Thursday, between James Cousins and Fanny…

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Their Silver Wedding

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 4

They were celebrating their silver wedding, and the friends were admiring them, as people always do other people when they are getting a lot of presents. You have noticed, of…

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FICTION. From English, American, and Other Periodicals. Who Saw It Done? Chapter Xxvi. a Wedding and a Tragedy

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 2

"He will lead you a terrible life," was the warning given Miss Blessington by more than one of her intimate friends on several occasions. "He will wreck your happiness, disgrace you, and finally…

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Queer Wedding Notices

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 8

This collection of marriage announcements has (says the New York Herald) been copied from old newspapers. The old wits were famous for punning upon names which they could use for such purpose,…

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A Most Remarkable Wedding. The Bride was Lassoed Hopped, and Carried Into the Corral

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 August 1890 · page 5

" A freind of mine," and W.A.Jennings, of Wyoming [?] who lives out in the cattle country of the Big Horn Basin, was a witness in 1885 to one of the most remarkable…

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Wedding

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1890 · page 3

IT is with very great pleasure that I forward you, as a very occasional correspondent, a somewhat late account of festivities at Arden Hall, which took…

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Too Late for his Wedding

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1890 · page 6

The Russians are a simple, harmless people. When not engaged in blowing each other into the air with home-made dynamite, they confine their attention to home-made jam and rural recreation…

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Stanley's Wedding

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1890 · page 4

AN English correspondent writes:—"Mr. Stanley's wedding at West minister Abbey, was one of the striking events of the week. I may say that…

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A Golden Wedding Celebration in Scotland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1890 · page 4

The following account of the celebration of a golden wedding in Scotland is taken from the Airdrie Advertiser of August 16 of this year. No doubt many Airdrie folk among us will read it…

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