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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Weddings

Weddings, 1903

50 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3

High-priced Wedding Rings

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 1

Probably the most expensive wedding-rings on record were two which were used some little time ago at marriage ceremonies in the United States. John Jacob Astor…

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A Wedding Stopped

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 February 1903 · page 2

A sensation was created in Hyde Park on Thursday by the attitude assumed towards a wedding party by a young man, the outcome being that the marriages did not take…

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Weddings Reversed

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 4

For many years past it has been the custom for newspapers to describe in detail the dress worn by the bride. It is the man who has to pay the piper, however, and if he…

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Jake Martin's Wedding. (Copyright.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 2

I was up at the corner store Saturday night, an' heard the boys readin' about you havin' offered a prize and made up my mind that I…

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Shop Window Wedding Party

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 4

"Our offer is accepted! A you couple who will be married at Christ Church, Mintern-street, New York North-road, on Sunday, February 15, will take their…

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Wedding

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 April 1903 · page 3

ON Wednesday last at Christ Church, the marriage of Miss Louie Lee (Bungendore) and Mr. Alf. Swan (Stoney Creek) was celebrated in the presence of a number of…

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Coolamon Plains. Wedding Bells

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 2

A VERY pretty wedding was celebrated at the residence of Mr G. E. Southwell, of CoolamonPlains, on Wednesday April 8th, when Miss Eleanor, eldest daughter of Mr. G. E…

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Wedding.--Webb-- Buckmaster

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

THE marriage of George, only son of Mr. and Mrs. William Webb, of Fairlight, Urayarra, and A. M., youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Buckmaster, was…

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The Poet's Corner. Golden Wedding-song

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 4

The home-lights are fading, life's golden stars wane, When softly the storm-clouds return after rain;…

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The Biggest Wedding Ever Known

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 2

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

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Orange Blossoms a South African Wedding

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 2

The following will be of interest to our readers:— A quiet though very pretty little wedding took place at St. Gorge’s…

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Wedding Etiquette

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 2

A bride should either thank personally or write notes to all people who send weding presents. It is considered good taste nowadays to…

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Social Moods. Queer Wedding Customs

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 2

THE pretty custom of throwing a slipper after a bridal pair is accounted for in various ways, but it seems to have originated in France,…

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Weddings

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 2

On Wednesday, the 18th instant, Miss Devine, niece of Mr. T. H. Buchanan, was married to Mr. Harold Alley, second son of Mr. T.U. Alley, of Aralden (says the Murramburrah Signal). The…

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The First Silver Wedding

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 22 May 1903 · page 2

The -fashion of silver weddings dates back to the reign of Hugues Capet King of France in 987 . Once as Huges was arranging his uncle’s affairs, he found on…

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Wedding

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 2

A pretty wedding was solemnized on Tuesday last at Gingamo[?] when Miss E. C. Burke, daughter of Mr. James Burke, was married to Mr. E. E. Wakefield, of…

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A Wedding

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 2

Took place on Tuesday morning at St. Gregory's Church, Queanbeyan, which proved a source of more than ordinary interest to a large number of person…

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Wedding Bells

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

A pretty wedding was celebrated on Wednesday morning in St. Andrew’s Church by the Rev. J. S. Dobson, the contracting parties being Mr. S.L…

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Wedding

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 2

The wedding of Mr. Leslie Chapman, the second son of Mr. (V. J. Chapman, J.P., with Miss Nance Grenville, daughter of Mrs. D. S. Lindsay and granddaughter of Mr. George Grenville, took place…

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The Poet's Corner. My Old Wedding Ring

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 June 1903 · page 4

MY wedding ring, ah, yes, [?]is old, Only a thread of gold to-day, But I have heard that "cares depart As the wedding ring wears away."…

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