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Weddings, 1903

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 December 1903 · page 42

A quiet but pretty wedding was celebrated on Novomber 25, at the Pitt-street Congregational Church by the Rev. N. M. Hennessey, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Fordyce, between Mr. Leslie…

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Basket of Diamonds. Miss Goelet's Vast Wealth of Wedding Presents

The World's News · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 2

Miss Goelet, the millionairess bride of the Duke of Roxburghe, during the few weeks preceding her marriage, which took place on November 10, was the recipient of wedding presents of…

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Wedding. MR. C. E. BYRNES—MISS G. WITHERS

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 4

The social event of the month was the wedding, at "Hiawatha," Parramatta, on Saturday afternoon last, when Mr. Chas. Ernest Byrnes, son Mr. C. J. Byrnes…

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A Royal Wedding Cake

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 1574

The wedding cake of Princess Alice of Battenberg, who was married on October 7 at Darmstadt to Prince Andreas of Greece, was made in London. Standing some 6ft high, it was one of the largest…

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After the Wedding

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 3

All alone, in my room at last—I wonder how far they have travelled now:They'll be very far when the night is…

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A Wedding Gift. (COPYRIGHT.) I.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 31

The "C.C.C'C." or the Clerk's Comfortable Cafe Company (Limited), was a thriving affair —as any business for the supply of food should be—and had several palatial establishments in…

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 42

The marriage of Mr. Eyerard G. Crace, eldoat son of Mrs. E. K. Crace, of "Gungahleen," Ginlnderra, and Miss Helen Blanch Lingen, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lingen, of Darling…

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Wedding Day Tragedy. Bridegroom Found Shot

Evening News · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 7

An inquiry has been held in England into the reath of Dacres Hope Wise, 39. an official in the Colonial Civil Service, attached to the Federated…

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The New American Duchess. Police Draw Clubs at Her Wedding. Women Mob the Bridal Carriage

The World's News · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 19

The marriage of Miss May Goelet to the Duke of Roxburghe in New York last month is described as being the most charmingly simple of all the international weddings in America…

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Bride's Terrible Death Wedding Gown Used as Shroud

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 2

News has reached Dundee of the death in America, by burning, of Agnes Strachan, 20, millworker, daughter of Mrs. Strachan, residing in Constable-street, Dundee. On the…

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A "Sinnygog" Scandal a Gentile Won by a "Nose." The Lady's Hebraic Pa Objects to the Wedding. And Puts His Daughter in the Reception House

Truth · Sunday 20 December 1903 · page 5

The members of the smart set are busy wagging their heads and jaws over a choice bit of scandal that is going the rounds and increasing in blueness and…

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Japanese Customs. Courtship and Marriage. the Wedding Festivities

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 20 December 1903 · page 7

In nothing is the difference between the social life of Japan and that of die Western nations so strongly marked as in the various customs connected with courtship and…

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Postponed Weddings. Some Peculiar Causes

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 20 December 1903 · page 2

Ludicrous and otherwise are the events which sometimes lead to the indefinite postponement of the weddings ceremony. On a recent occasion a bridegroom slipped on a…

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Female Toughs at a Wedding. The Goelet-Roxburghe Marriage Molls Mob the Maiden

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 8

The cable brought news of the shameful rioting among women mad to see and feel Miss May Goelet as she went to church in New York to get married to…

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 43

A pretty wedding took place on December 16 at St. Paul's, Burwood, between Mr. Isaac M. Shields, of London, and Miss Ada Lucy, fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Dickinson, of "The…

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Weddings

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 7

On Sunday 27th December, the marriage of Mr. Loius Marks of 112 Liverpool-street, to Miss Minnie Brand t of Liverpool-street, takes place at the residence of Mr. D. Thalberg, 130…

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A Coming Royal Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 7

Princess Alice of Albany is the daughter of the late Duke of Albany, the sister of the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the niece of King Edward VII., the cousin of the Queen…

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Tell-tale Wedding Announcements. Photos. Lead to Arrest

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 December 1903 · page 4

The photographs of prospective brides and bridegrooms published in society, papers have twice during the past two years enabled the Scotland Yard authorities…

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Two Silver Weddings. Archbishops of Canterbury and York

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 December 1903 · page 7

In any circumstances there would be widespread interest and congratulation to an Archbishop on the anniversary of his silver wedding, but when the Primate of All…

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 December 1903 · page 43

A pretty wedding took place at St. James' Church on December 22, between Mr. Arthur N. Littlejohn, son of Mr. T. Littlejohn, of Ellzaboth Bay, and Miss Winton Edith M'Carthy, daughter…

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