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New England · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1881

5 stories in New England's papers

An Irish Ball Dress

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1881 · page 3

THE following is a bright American fancy :-- Coats of mail of various patterns are now being turned out at Sheffield, and Irish Landlords and estate agents are rapidly supplying themselves…

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A Ball of Fire. (From the Cleveland Leader.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1881 · page 7

ABOUT midnight of Saturday, Caledonia, Marion county, was visited by a terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by hail and the most vivid lightning, flash following…

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Roman Catholic Soiree and Ball

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1881 · page 2

SINCE the arrival of the Rev. Father Macguiness, the present pastor of the church, great interest has been taken in matters connected with its progress and st[?]enous efforts made to encourage a more…

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Hospital Ball

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1881 · page 2

OUR expectations were more than realised in regard to this ball ; and the event of the season was the most successful social gathering that has taken place in Glen Innes for years past. Fair…

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Appalling Catastrophe in a Theatre. (From Saturday's E. NEWS.) London, Dec. 9

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 December 1881 · page 6

NEWS of an appalling calamity at Vienna has just been received. The Sink Theatre took fire during a performance, and before the audience could escape, five hundred…

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