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New England · Weddings

Weddings, 1887

17 stories in New England's papers

Select Poetry. Wedding Favours

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1887 · page 1

"My wedding dress!" cries beauty: "I fain would have it white, Like yonder little snowdrop That trembles in the light;…

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The Ladies Column. An Interesting Wedding

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 2

WEDNESDAY last witnessed an interesting ceremony at the Wesleyan Church, Tamworth, the occasion being the marriage of Mr. J. S. Connal, owner of Surveyor's…

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Weddings in Borneo

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1887 · page 2

When the wedding day arrives, the bride and bridegroom are brought from opposite euds of the village to the place where the ceremony is to be performed. They are…

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Twenty Persons Poisoned at a Wedding Feast at Kangaroo Camp. Tingha

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1887 · page 4

A FEARFUL tragedy is reported from Kangaroo Camp, 10 miles from here. From information to hand it appears that a wedding breakfrst was being partaken yesterday morning, to which some thirty…

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Wedding Favours

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1887 · page 2

AT many weddings, where a dance gener-; ally concludes the more important business of the day, it is a pretty fashion to distribute special favours among the…

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An Interesting Wedding

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1887 · page 3

AT Iglau, in Moravia, on April 25, the marriage took place of the young lady in whom the Emperor William of Germany has taken…

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An Algerian Wedding

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1887 · page 2

A MARRIAGE celebration in Algeria is an interesting relic of ancient customs. The bridegroom goes to bring the bride, and the guests, assembled outside the house,…

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The Ladies' Column. A Beautiful Wedding Dress

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 3

A REALLY unique, as well as most beautiful, wedding-dress was worn by Miss Drake on July 2, when she was married at St. Margaret's, Westminister. Nobody…

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A Beautiful Wedding Dress

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 3

A REALLY unique, as well as most beautiful, wedding-dress was worn by Miss Drake on July 2, when she was married at St. Margaret's, Westminster. Nobody (says a writer in the World) can…

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Startling Occurrence at a Wedding Party

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1887 · page 3

A WEDDING party which was revelling in a restaurant at St. Mande (the Paris correspondent of the DAILY TELEGRAPH says) had a…

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An Idaho Wedding

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1887 · page 2

AN unconventional, if not romantic, wedding took place on the Northern Pacific train at Rathdrum Sunday evening. The bride is Mrs. A. A. Mitchell of Minneapolis, aged…

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Some Curious Wedding Rings

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 7

IN speaking of wedding rings, we learn (says the New York JEWELLERY NEWS) that these important symbols have not always been…

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The Ladies' Column. Dress Worn at Weddings

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1887 · page 7

THERE has been a great change lately, both in the etiquette and in the dress worn at weddings. In former years the service was obliged to be concluded before…

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Some Curious Wedding Rings

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1887 · page 1

In speaking of wedding rings, we learn (says the New York Jewellery News) that these important symbols have not always been manufactured from the precious metal…

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Tale. a Wedding at Puerta da Luna

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1887 · page 2

THE sun shone down upon Puerta da Luna "with a yellow glare that was blinding in its intensity. The red dust, through which an occasional horse or mule kicked a cloudy way…

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The Diamond Wedding Recalled

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1887 · page 2

THE departure of the Baroness Frances Amelia Burdett Oviedo von Glummer for Mexico to secure a divorce from her husband recalls the early history of California. The…

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The Ladies' Column. Throwing the Wedding Shoe

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1887 · page 7

THIS custom of throwing one or more old shoes after the bride and groom, either when they go to church to be married or when they start on their wedding journey,…

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