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Hunter Valley · Weddings

Weddings, 1891

21 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2

Violent Assault at a Wedding

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1891 · page 3

A WEDDING in Experimeat-lane, Ultimo last night, won marred by what appears to have been a cowardly assault. Some trouble arose about one of the young…

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Poetry. He Danced at Her Wedding

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 2

I danced at her wedding last night, And none could have guessed my emotion As I saw her a bride—her on whom I had lavished a lifetime's devotion…

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Wedding Preparations

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 4

Thomas Ward, schoolmaster, Marks Toy, Essex, was charged at Colehester on Feb 2nd with having stolen a number of plated spoons and forks and…

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Miss Brunkar's Wedding

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1891 · page 2

SHERBON—BRUNKER.—At St. Petar's Church East Maitland, on Tuesday, March 31st., Mr. William James Sherbon, of Sydney, (eldest son of Mr. James Sherbon, of Hull, England), was united in…

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A Local Wedding

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 4

AN interesting wedding look place at All Saints' Charch, Singleton, on Wednesday 29th inst,, when Mise Flortic H.F. Morrison, youngest…

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A Fashionable Wedding at Singleton

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1891 · page 6

A valued correspondent has asked us to print the following:— An interesting wedding took place at All Saints' Church, Singleton, on Wednesday, 29th April,…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, May 9, 1891. A Quiet Wedding

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 4

A correspondent writes: A quiet but very pretty wedding was celebrated on Wednesday, the 6th of May, at St. Paul's Church, West Maitland, by the Rev. E. A. Anderson assisted by the Rev. Canor…

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Tragic Sequel to a Wedding

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 June 1891 · page 7

A curious and tragic sequel attended a wedding which was solemnised at Lyndon, near Louisville, U.S.A., on April 15. According to the account given by the Louisville correspondent of the New…

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At a Wedding

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 3

The wedding in question was, in many ways, the most brilliant event of the season. Nothing which could serve to heighten the grace and significance of the affair had been spared. The church, fittingly…

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Wedding Bells

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 6

At Morpeth, on July 2nd, a pretty wedding took place between Mr. Herbert R. Dalton, of the A. J. S. Bank, Newcastle, and Miss Fanny A. Nicholas, eldest daughter of Mr. John Nicholas,…

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An Electrical Wedding

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1891 · page 8

That ubiquitous servant, and in some instances master of mankind, electricity, is now making its presence felt in many novel places. The latest function in which it has taken part in is at a wedding at…

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Poetry. After the Wedding

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 July 1891 · page 1

Bla[?] in my room at [?] I wonder how far they have travelled now? will be very far when the night is past…

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A Norwegian Wedding

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 August 1891 · page 1

A Norwegian wedding is a very significant incident. There is really so much that precedes it. To the man it means that he has attained a certain position. There must be…

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Wedding

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 3

ON Wednesday last, the 12th inst. (says our Moonan correspondent), Mr. R. D. Campbell, fourth son of Mr. J. Campbell, of Glenmore, was married…

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Informal Wedding

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 7

A remarkable tale of an "informal" wedding is related by a clergyman who was for some time Bettled in a small town in Western New York. The father of the bride invited the minister to…

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A Wedding Party Poisoned. 70 Persons Ill

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 3

An alarming and mysterious outbreak of illness, resembling arsenical, poisoning, and affecting some seventy persons, is sow engaging the attention and taxing…

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Gretna Green Weddings

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 7

On Thursday, July 9th, in the Probate Court, before tim President Sir C. Butt, the case of White and Dawes V. attorney-General was tried under the…

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On his Wedding Trip

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1891 · page 3

Moses Frost stood six-feet-four in his socks, and was called " the best man on the river,"—a phrase that expressed admiration of his physical, not his moral, qualities. He was,…

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The Wedding Ring. Its History Runs Back to the Beginning of Recorded Time. In Ancient Days It Was Used as an Emblem of Betrothal—The Important Part It Plays in the Marriage Ceremony of the Present

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 November 1891 · page 2

It is an incontrovertable fact that every woman feels a certain inserest in the subject of wedding rings, And, indeed, it is natural enough that this should be so. Tie and…

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The Wedding Ring Soon "Popped."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 December 1891 · page 2

John Fielder, apparently about 22 years of age, was summoned at Worship street by Emma Fislder, his wife, for maintenance. The wife admitted that…

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