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Murray · Weddings

Weddings, 1897

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Wedding Ring Lore

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 1

Most of my readers will be interested to know the origin of the unwritten law which decrees that the wedding ring shall be placed on the third finger of the left hand. This…

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Traveller. Eight Golden Weddings

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 1

Eight golden weddings were celebrated on one day recently at Anderlues, near Brussels. The whole town turned out in honour of the occasion. They had a public dinner…

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Traveller. Eight Golden Weddings

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 1

Eight golden weddings were celebrated on [?] day recently at Ander[?] near Brussels. The whole town turned out in ho[?] of the occas[?]. They had a public dinner…

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Wedding Ring Lore

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 1

Most of my readers will be interested to known the origin of the unwritten law which decrees that the wedding ring shall be placed on the third finger of the left hand. This…

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Wedding Dresses

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 May 1897 · page 1

Places whore dress-suits can be hired for the evening are common enough in England. But few people, we a re sure, are aware of any place where a wedding dress can be hired. Yet…

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Wedding Dresses

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 26 May 1897 · page 1

Places where dress-suits can be hired for the evening are common enough in England. But few people, we are sure, are aware of any place where a wedding dress can be hired. Yet…

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Wedding Dresses

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 28 May 1897 · page 1

Places where dress-suits can be hir[?]d for the evening are common enough in England. But few people, we are sure, are aware of any place where a wedding dress can be hired. Yet…

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Ladies’ Column. Wedding Cake

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 1

Wedding cake was an institution among the ancients as with us, but the cake was a plain one, and was broken above the head of the bride as she went into her new home…

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He Objected. And the Wedding Guest Made His Objection Stand Good

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 June 1897 · page 2

"I attended a mountain wedding in M'Dowell County, W. Va.," said a well-known post office inspector to a "Star" writer…

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Ladies Column. Wedding Cake

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 9 June 1897 · page 1

Wadding cake was an institution among the ancients as with us, but the cake was a plain one, and was broken above the head of the bride as the went into her new home…

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Wedding. Smith -- Morris

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 3

A WEDDING of a most interesting character was celebrated at " Fairfield," the residence of Mr G. F. Morris, on Wednesday morning, when…

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Jewish Weddings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1897 · page 13

The Jewish wedding ceremony is almost the same to-day as it has been for centuries, simple and impressive, but quite different from our ceremonies. Religious Hebrews…

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A Wedding at Fairfield

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1897 · page 28

The Wahgunyah News says:—"A marriage took place at the residence of Mr. G. F. Morris, J.P., 'Farifield,' Brown's Plains, which for some time has…

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Peculiar Divorce Suit. Deserted on Her Wedding Day

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 20

Mr. Justice Simpson on Tuesday delivered judgment in divorce in what be described as a remarkable case. The petitioner, Maud Eva Simpson, sued for a…

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Wedding Outfit of Long Ago

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 July 1897 · page 2

This is part of the curious list of Lady Littleton's wedding outfit 200 years ago. In those days they appear to have had quite as great a variety of materials as…

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Wedding at "Kinvarra."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1897 · page 25

A nice quiet wedding took place at" Kinvarra," the residence of Mr. Henry Mellor, on the 14th inst., when Miss Ettie Heap, third daughter of Mr. Henry Heap, of…

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Sketcher. Evolution of the Wedding- Cake

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 1

When In ancient and imperial Rome a maiden was wedded according to ‘confarreation,’ she always carried three ears of wheat in her hand, while over her head was…

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Sketcher. Evolution of the Wedding Cake

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 25 August 1897 · page 1

When in ancient and imperial Rome a maiden was wedded according to conf[?] she always carried three cars of wheat in her hand, while over her head was…

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A Popular Wedding Present

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1897 · page 11

A popular wedding present of the day is a large-sized "mattress" pincushion of white brocade, with a spray of forget-me-nots and orange buds worked in a medallion in the…

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Wedding

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 September 1897 · page 27

The pretty Church of St. Francis's, Paddington, was thronged with eager spectators on Wednesday afternoon to witness the marriage of Mr. James P. Bell, of Walgett, eldest son of Mr…

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