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Weddings, 1899

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Weddings

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 8

LEVY—ABRAHAMS—At the Great Synagogue, Sydney, a large gathering witnessed the ceremonies of the wedding of Mr. Philip Maurice Levy, of Brisbane, son of Mr. Michael Levy, Mansfield-st., Glebe…

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From Fields Afar a Novel Wedding Present

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 7

In some parts of Switzerland a custom obtains for the friends of a bride to present an elaborate cheese to her on her wedding day. It is then used as a family register and heirloom—the…

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Wedding Bells at Grafton

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 11

ONE of the prettiest weddings seen in Grafton for some considerable time past was celebrated on Tuesday week, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Grafton, when Miss Emily Francis Scott, eldest…

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Fashionable Wedding at the Synagogue

Evening News · Thursday 24 August 1899 · page 7

A fashionable gathering thronged the Synagogue on Wednesday afternoon, when Miss Zeenie Davis, daughter of Mr. Moss Davis, of Auckland, New Zealand, was married to Mr. Robert Lionel…

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Lord Shaftesbury's Marriage. the Smartest Wedding of the Season

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 6

LONDON, July 21.--The fashionable crowd bent on seeing the wedding of the Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Constance Grosvenor on Saturday, broke through the police outside St…

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Wedding at Canley Vale

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 3

A wedding took place at St Paul's Church, Canley Vale, on Wednesday, the contracting parties being Mr. Edgel Henry Fabris and Miss Mary Randall, of…

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Fashionable Wedding. Lieut. Brine and Miss Bettington Wedded at The King's School Chapel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 4

A fashionable, but still relatively quiet wedding was that at the King's School Chapel on Wednesday afternoon last, when Lieut. F. Brine of H.M.S. Royal Arthur…

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Weddings

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 8

Moss—Davis—There was a very large gathering at the Great Synagogue on Wednesday afternoon, August 23rd, to witness the marriage of Mr. Robert Moss, of the firm of Moses Moss and Co., of Sydney, with Miss…

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Wedding Bells

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 24

ST Thomas' Church, Lewisham, was the scene of a very pretty wedding on Tuesday, 22nd August, the contracting parties being Mr. Charles Melville (of the General Post Office) and Miss Margaret…

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A Wooden Wedding

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 45

For the benefit of anyone wishing a suggestion for a wooden wedding gift, I shall describe one that I myself gave some years ago. I bought a pair of wooden shoes, gilded them, and after…

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Weddings

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 12

On Wednesday last, by the Rev. 0. Baber, at St. Alban's Church, East carling-ford, Mr. victor George Black, Bon of Mr. E. J. Black, of Parramatta, was married…

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Why Weddings in May are Unlucky

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 640

It has been considered unlucky to be married in May ever since the days of Ovid. In ancient Rome there was held in May a festival called the Lemuria, or feast of the Lemures, which was a ceremony in honour of the Speeches…

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Simple Wedding Gowns

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 3

The fashions of these days does not permit a woman to choose her wedding gown as a certain wise man ohose his wife—'for qualities that would wear well.' Bat there…

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Lord Shaftesbury's Wedding

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 44

The Prince of Wales and other members of the Royal family were present at the marriage between the Earl of Shaftesbury, 10th Prince of Wales's Own Royal Hussars (late A.D.C. to the…

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Confetti at Weddings

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 September 1899 · page 10

"The sooner the meaningless and by no means clean custom of flinging confetti at weddings is stopped," writes a correspon-dent of the "Pelican" (London), "the…

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A Merry Wedding. and a Determined Bridge

Truth · Sunday 10 September 1899 · page 7

MAUD CRANSTON is a record bride. With ber fiance she travelled by boat to find a parson. the one ordered having got mislaid, The boat passed this party [?] on the…

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Weddings

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1899 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Carlos, B.A., B.L., was married at St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on Wednesday afternoon to Miss Winifred Jennings, daughter of the late Mr. T…

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Wedding Present Buyer

Evening News · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 1

The women of to-day are continually discovering new ways of self-support, and the latest innovation is the young woman who devotes her time and artistic senses to selecting wedding presents…

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Weddings

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 4

On Saturday, S. Mark's Church, Granville was the scene of an animated, gathering, when Miss Ethel Mabel Isabel Baker, younger daughter of Mr. W. J. Baker, of…

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A Wedding Rehearsal

Evening News · Monday 18 September 1899 · page 6

This is an ordinary everyday occurrence in America, for there a fashionable wedding is re­hearsed to the minutest detail to insure its going without a hitch. Sometimes the bride has to…

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