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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1888

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The Royal Silver Wedding. How It Was Kept Up in London. the Times on the Prince

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 5

London, Sunday.--The ceremonies in connection with the silver wedding of the Prince and Princess of wales took place yesterday, but, in consequence of the death…

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The Silver Wedding. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--One hundred guineas have been collected towards the silver wedding present to the Prince and Princess of Wales…

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Dress for Wedding Pirty

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 33

Several charming.'costumes have late'y been seen at wedding parties; one of the prettiest: being that represented in the accompanying, illustration. The ander skirt of olive-green velvet, over which there…

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The Silver Wedding. London

The Australian Star · Friday 13 April 1888 · page 5

H.R.H, the Prince of Wales, replying to a letter from Lady Knutsford, praying the acceptance by the Prince and Princess of Wales of the money subscribed in many…

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The Royal Silver Wedding. Colonial Presents to the Prince of Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 April 1888 · page 5

London, Thursday.—Lord Knutsford, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, yesterday waited upon H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and presented him with a collection of…

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Wedding and Ball

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 April 1888 · page 2

AT St. James' Church on Wednesday afternoon last, the marriage of Miss Olive Alice Watson, daughter of our well-known citizen, Mr. R. A. Watson, took place with…

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Tragedy at an Ulster Wedding. the Bridegroom Shot Dead by His Brother-in-law

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 5

On March 9 a terrible tragedy was enacted in Knocknamuckley Church, about midway between Lurgan, Portadows, and Gilford. A young man, a widower, named Thompson, residing…

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A Golden Wedding

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 5

One of those events which may happen in a life-time, but which ordinary mortals seldom hope to celebrate, was however, the occasion of great rejoicing on Tuesday night. Our…

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Dress Worn at Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 33

In fashionable London there has been a great ohange lately, both in the etiquette and in the drees worn at weddings. In former years the service was obliged to be conolnded before 12 o'clock; and even…

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A Wedding

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 5

St. John's Church, Birchgrove, was filled to repletion on Wednesday afternoon, to witness the marriage of Mr. William Arthur Williams, to Miss Elizabeth Mary…

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A Royal German Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 May 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night. -- Prince Heinrich, the youngest son of the Emperor Frederick of Germany, is to be married on the 24th inst. to the Princess Irene, the third…

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Sad Occurrence at a Wedding Party

The Australian Star · Friday 18 May 1888 · page 3

A SERIOUS accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Balmain in connection with the marriage of Miss Jessle Evans, youngest daughter of Dr. Evans, to Mr…

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Fashionable Wedding

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 5

St. Mary's Church, Darling-street, was crowded to excess on Thursday afternoon, to witness the marriage of Miss Jessie Evans, fourth daughter of Dr. O. S. Evans, to Mr…

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A Lapp Wedding

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 2

Down the room was a long table, covered withcoarae cloth, perhaps, if for grand folks, but much more likely in its native bareness. Upon the arrival of the wedding party the…

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Ladies' Column. Favoure at Weddings

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 2

The giving of gloves at weddings is a custom of remote antiquity. In Ben Jonson's play of the "Silent Woman," Lady Haughty says to Morose—"We see no ensigns…

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Ladies Only. A Wedding Song

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 2

TO-DAY the holy vows are said That crown you, friend, a happy wife; Oh, may the sacred light they shed He everlasting while yon tread…

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Wedding Etiquette

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 35

The bridegroom should arrive in the church. accompanied by his best man, to wait the arrival of the bride; and the bride should be accompanied by her father, mother, or nearest relative. If the bride's…

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A Royal Wedding

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 11

BERLIN, May 24.—The marriage of Prince Albert William Henry, of, Prussia, second son of the Emperor Frederick, to Princess Irene of Hesse, daughter of the Grand Duke Louis and the late…

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A Strange Wedding Guest

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 6

Life in Corsica seems to be quite as dramatic in reality as in fiction. Irately, at Ajaccio, says the Home News, the revelry of a wedding dance was broken in…

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Wedding Bells

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 July 1888 · page 5

NOWRA, This Day.--A fashionable wedding has just been celebrated at Cambewarra. Miss Eraser, eldest daughter of Mr. James Eraser, Esq., M.P., and. Mr. C…

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