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Weddings, 1904

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Married in Handcuffs. Some Recent Romantic Weddings

The World's News · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 10

Whether or not 1904 has brought much comfort to the Leap-year young lady, it has certainly produced quite an epidemic of convictweddings—indeed, since the year dawned it has…

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A Pretty Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 12

A very pretty wedding—attended by scores of friends and well-wishers of one or other of the two contracting partis—was that on Wednesday, when Mr. Herbert G. Grimn, of…

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A Hornsby Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 4

Hornsby and Thornleigh were on the tipote of expectation on Wednesday— or at least those in the know were — over the marriage of one of our N.S.W. braves — a soldier who fought in…

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A Quiet Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 4

A quiet wedding took place at St. George's, Padaington, on the afternoon of the 8th ult., when Mr. Henry Oswald Wilson, eldest son of the late John J. Ellison, formerly of the…

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Strange End to Wedding Feast

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 July 1904 · page 5

There was an unpleasant ending to a wedding feast at Bed evllie in France the other evening. In one of the large restaurants with enlons pour noces of that district a…

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Weird Weddings. of Crank Couples

Evening News · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 2

The craze for novelty and notoriety extends into almost every obligation undertaken by man and woman. Time was when a wedding was regarded as a solemn affair, but that time has…

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Wedding Bells

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 47

The bells of St. Andrew's Cathedral rang out a merry chime last Wednesday for the marriage of the Precentor (the Rev. Percy John Simpson) with Miss Molly Jones, daughter of the…

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Weddings

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 7

The marriage of Mr. Samuel Sydney Davis, Beaufort Avenue, son of Mrs. J. Davis, Moore Park, to Miss Catherine Nathan, daughter of Mr. S, Nathan, Bourke-street, will be celebrated…

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A "Thirteen" Wedding

The Australian Star · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 3

Those about to marry, even though they mag be quite free front supersitition with regard to the more commonplace episodes of life, are generally very careful to arrange…

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Wedding Bells

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 32

A wedding was celebrated on Juno 22nd at Barraba, when Mr. Albert Capel, third son of Mr. D. Capel, of Piedmont, was married to Mrei Alfonsina, only daughter of Mr. and…

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Wedding Bells. CONNOLLY—M'COOEY

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 32

The Catholic church at Forest Reefs was the scene of a wedding and Nuptial Mass on the 20th ult., when Michael James (second eon of Mr. and Mrs. J. Connolly, of Beneree…

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Wedding Presents That Cost Millions

The World's News · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 17

The magnificent and, costly presents which have been lavished recently on distinguished bridal couples, call to mind some of the truly regal gifts that have fallen to the lot of happy…

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Mobbed the Bride. Scene at a Wedding. the Police Called In

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 3

OBERT GOELET, of New York, and Miss Elsie Whelen, the most beautiful…

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A Wedding Dress

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 12

It is only the wealthy bride who can afford to choose her wedding dress with a view to its being useful for the one great occasion only. To others, the consideration…

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The Wedding Prelude

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 July 1904 · page 1

Little Boy: "Say, ma says you're going to take sister off." Engaged Youth (soon to be married): "Yes in a few weeks she's going to my…

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At the Altar. "Plum" Warner's Wedding. a Brilliant Function

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 17 July 1904 · page 5

Rarely has a marriage been celebrated among so many evidences of goodwill as that of Mr. P. F. Warner, the famous captain of the Middlesex Eleven, to Miss Agnes Blyth,…

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Weddings

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 8

The marriage of Mr. Samuel Sydney Davis, Beaufort Avenue, son of Mrs J. Davis, Moore Park, to Miss Catherine Nathan, daughter of Mr. S, Nathan, Bourke-street, will be celebrated…

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Am Ashfield Wedding

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 2

St. John's Church, Ashfield, was prettily decorated on Wednesday last for the marriage of Miss Louisa Hornsby-Spear, eldest daughter of the Rev. J. Hornsby-Spear, of…

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"Marriage by Repute" Lady's Strange Story of Scotch Wedding

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 2

An extraordinary story was told at West London Count, when Robert Howie Patterson, superintendent of the Hammersmith Borough Council's electric works, living at…

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The Wedding of P. F. Warner

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 July 1904 · page 6

The recent marriage of Mr. P. F. Warner with Miss Blythe in London is thus referred to by the London "Sportsman" : "Mr. P. F. Warner had indeed every reason to feel…

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