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Weddings, 1906

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Millionaire's Wedding Presents

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 May 1906 · page 8

Mr. William W. Astor has given Clieveden Hall, Buckinghamshire, and its contents to his son Waldorf, and the famous Sancy diamond, valued at £20,000, to Mrs. Langhorne Shaw on the…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 9

On Wednesday afternoon last a wedding took place at "Fernleigh," the residence of the bride's parents, when Miss Daisy Atkinson, fourth daughter of Alderman and Mrs. Thomas…

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Tin-kettling. a Wedding Disturbed. Parramatta

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 5

At Parramatta Police Court four Baulkham Hills young men (each with a pretty button-hole in his coat) lined up in front of the dock to answer a charge of behaving in…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 9

Holy Trinity Church," Dulwich-hill, was the scene of a wedding on Wednesday, April 25, when Mr. Lee de Vere Hunt, second son of the late Mr. A. M. Hunt, of Goulburn, was…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 7

The marriage of Mr. William Bishop-Clark, only son of the late Mr. Archibald Clark, of Auckland (N.Z.), and Miss Edith Mary Evelyn Burgls, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas P. Burgis,…

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A Fashionable Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- A wedding to which much interest was attached took place this afternoon at St. John's Church, Toorak, when Miss Alison M. Fairbairn, the only daughter of…

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The Origin of the Wedding Ring

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 33

The history of the wedding ring is so deeply burled in the past that nothing definite is known about its earliest origin. One authority on the subject is of opinion, however, that in…

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Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 2

A quiet wedding took place recently at St. Anne's Church, Ryde, when Mr. William Herbert Bean, only son of Mr. W. G. Bean, of "Melrose," "Wentworthville,…

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A Wedding

The Catholic Press · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 22

St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, was the scene of a very pretty, although quiet, Wedding on Wednesday, April 25, when Miss Rose McKonzic McHarg…

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Every-day Topics. the Wedding Gamut

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 3

The anniversaries of the wedding day ruff thus:--The first is the paper or cotton, as preferred; the fifth is the wooden; the tenth the tin; the twelfth the silk and fine linen; the…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 3

An immense crowd assembled at All Saints' Cathedral, Bathurst, yesterday afternoon to witness the wedding of Miss Irene Lamford…

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Weddings

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 7

The marriage took place on the 25th April at the residence of Mr. Harrvitz, Money-street, Perth, of Miss Mena Deveretaky, of Armadale. to Mr Michael Paschkoff of Perth…

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Miss Fairbairn's Wedding and Travelling Dresses

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 7

The wedding gown consists of white chiffon embroidered with silver, and mounted on plain chiffon over silk. The front of the dress is trimmed with Brussels lace, arranged as a panel and berthe, while many tiny frills of gauffered mallnes are placed at the foot. A cavalier cape of line Irish crochet, made by the bride's mother, is outlined with sliver cords and…

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Fashionable Wedding. POLIN—KELLY

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 18

On Wednesday, May 9th, an extremely pretty wedding took place, at the Church of Our Lady, of the Sacred Heart, Rand wick, when Mr. Bertie Polin, son of Mr. and Mrs…

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"The Fatal Wedding."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 15

During the week the interpolation in "Florodora" of a brief burlesque upon "The Fatal Wedding" may be regarded as a tribute to the recognised popularity of that melodrama. Messrs. Meynell and Gunn hold the…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 4

Melrose plains, Condobolin, was the scene of a wedding on May 9, when Miss Amy Tout and Mr. John A. Sharp, of Scotland, were married. With two exceptions only the relations of the…

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Weddings Arranged by Wind

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 9

In Sumatra the wind decides the length of time a window should remain single. Just after her husband's death she plants a flagstaff at her door, upon which a flag is…

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Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 4

A wedding was celebrated at the Methodist Church, Beecroft, on Wednesday, 9th May, between Mr. Sidney Wheeler, of Beecroft, and Miss Evelyn Smith,…

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Fatal Wedding Gift. a Bride Shot

Evening News · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Monday, 2.55 p.m.—Among the gifts for the bridegroom at a wedding fixed to take place at Philadelphia on Saturday was a revolver. The bridegroom, unaware…

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The Fatal Wedding. a Bride's Tragic End. Married on Her Deathbed. London. Monday. 2.55 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 4

A terribly tragic affair is reported from Philadelphia. A wedding had been fixed to take place in the city on Saturday last, and among the…

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