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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1888

26 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 2

At a Country Ball

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1888 · page 7

PRAED'S sketch, "My First Folly," begins with too long an introduction, and ends with a kind of harlequinade. But the central scene is…

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The Ball Before Water- Loo

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1888 · page 7

An interesting letter, signed "William Fraser, Homburg," appeared in the TIMES on 30th August, in which the writer, who has just been…

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Midnight Jottings While Going to &At a Country Dance

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1888 · page 7

ONE of the moat enjoyable, and certainly one of the most novel, evenings that has come within my reach since I have been a resident upon this apostate planet, was…

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Poetry. Behind the Scenes. To 'M. P.,' age thirteen; after taking her 'behind the scenes' at the Standard Theatre

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 November 1888 · page 1

Little Maudie! little maidie, Tell me what you think it means; Tell me what you thought, young lady, Of your peep behind the scenes…

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The Citizens' Ball

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 November 1888 · page 2

AS black as a clergyman's coat was the Prince of Wales' birthnight, and a baby moon strove vainly to render things more cheerful, assisted by the whole of the starry host. The Town Hall, in its…

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St. Joseph's School Concert

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 2

M'CORMACK'S Music Hall was crowded to its very utmost capacity on Wednesday evening to witness the entertainment provided by the pupils of St. Joseph's Convent. Not only was every…

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