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Murray · Weddings

Weddings, 1899

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The Vanderbilt Wedding Gifts Two Million Dollars Worth of Gold, Silver and Precious Stones

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 4

There is no word in the English language by which one can describe the Vanderbilt wedding gifts. One can only read the list and gasp. lt reads like a chapter in Revelations, as one…

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Lucky Wedding Days

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 June 1899 · page 11

It is superstition than leads us to select different seasons of the year or particular days for the celebration of our weddings, and we are indebted in good part for this to the ancients…

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Wedding Bells

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 June 1899 · page 2

There was a large assemblage of friends and relatives at the Presbyterian Church. Deniliquin on Wednesday morning last to witness the [?] Falkiner, son of [?]…

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Wedding

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 June 1899 · page 2

A pretty little wedding took plane at "Malanaso," the residence of Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie, near Moulamein, on the 12th inst. when Mr. Hugh Shaw…

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Wedding

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 24

A quiet wedding was celebrated at St. Paul's Church of England, Allan's Flat, on Wednesday, between W. G. Yule, the well-known fire-fighter and treasurer of the…

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An Aboriginal Wedding

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 4

‘Patira’ (a Balranald correspondent) sends an account of the wedding of two young aborigines, which took place at the Roman Catholic Church on May 9. It was celebrated…

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Accident at a Wedding. The Danger of Throwing Rice

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 4

A serious accident occurred at Charing, near Ashford, Kent, through the practice of throwing rice at weddings. Canon Carter, of Canterbury…

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Weddings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 July 1899 · page 24

Mr. James Field, of Mulwala, was married on Wednesday afternoon at St. Patrick's Church to Miss Agnes Reilly, of Granya, granddaughter of the late Edward Crisp, of Albnry. The…

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Weddings

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 1

The Irido previous to the commencement of the service, should remove her left band glove and hand it to the head bridesmaid, who also consequently takes the bride’s…

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Drowned on His Wedding Day. a Pathetic Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 7

The death of a young man named John Court, whose body was recovered from the Yarra on Thursday, is invested with an interest more than usually pathetic, seeing…

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About Wedding Rings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 11

English women did not always wear a plain gold circlet for a wedding-ring. At one time the custom was for the ring to cost as much as the bridegroom could afford to pay. Rings of…

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Unconventional Wedding Gifts

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 2

An eccentric gentleman who was engaged in commercial pursuits, having: eight daughters, all of whom had reached a marriageable age, informed them that…

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Weddings

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 1

The Lride previous to the commencement of the service, should remove her left band glove and hand it to the bead bridcamaid, who also consequently takes the bride's…

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Wedding

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 July 1899 · page 2

On Wednesday, the 12th inst. Mr. W. H. Taylor, son of the Hon. Wm. Taylor, Melbourne, and lately manager of Manfred Station, was married to Be[?]trice…

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Biggest Wedding Ever Known

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 10

On the day that Alexander the Great was married no fewer than 20,202 persona in one ceremony were made husbands and wives. This seems impossible, but the event really…

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Literature. Salvation Army Wedding. Celebration at Headquarters

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 9

At the headquarters of the Salvation Army, in Bourke-street, Melbourne, on Thursday night, "Captain" Henry was married to "Captain" Spence before a crowded house…

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About Wedding Presents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 10

It is a golden rule to send your wedding gift in good time, the first to arrive being much more appreciated than that which ia one of many pouring in from all quarters during…

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Weddings. Lewis--litt

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 3

A QUIET, but pretty, wedding was celebrated on Wednesday morning at the residence of the bride's parents, South Corowa, when Alice, second daughter of…

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A Wedding Cheese

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 September 1899 · page 2

In the cheese regions of Switzerland a custom prevails for the friends of a bride and bridegroom to join in the presentation to them on their…

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Wedding. Hensley--gallagher

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 3

A PRETTY wedding wan celebrated at St. Mary's R.C. Church on Wednesday, the contracting parties being Mr. Charles Hensley, third son of Mr. C. Hensley, of…

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