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Weddings, 1908

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Fashionable Wedding at Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--A fashionable wedding at the Anglican Cathedral, Newcastle, was celebrated to-day, Miss Myra Wood, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph…

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Wedding

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 30 October 1908 · page 10

The marriage of Miss Myra Goldstein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Goldstein, of Macleay-street, Potts Point, and Mr. Julian Cecil Rogalsky, son of the late Mr…

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The Wedding Ring

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 30 October 1908 · page 13

There are many persons who are unaware of the full significance of the wedding ring. In the early history of the race, when warriors and their rulers thought it degrading…

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"Till Death Us Do Part." a Romantic Wedding. In a Russian Prison

The World's News · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 7

EVEN the grim tragedies of the Revolutionaries in Russia cannot wipe out the romance that still surrounds the old, yet ever-new, story—the love of men and women…

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Matter of Wedding Fees Humorous Side of Marriage as Seen at the Parsonage

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 10

The bridegrooms do drop the ring in ecstatic moments--a fine time did I have poking one from under a bookcase once white the bridegroom, and his best man leered…

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Wedding Customs

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 19

Changes take place in the customs appertaining to weddings (says an English authority). Certain days of the week and certain churches are more favored than others. After, going out…

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Eight Aboriginal Weddings. "Rheumatic" Rings Used

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 19

Something in the shape of history-making has just taken place at Ulgandahi Island, the aboriginal settlement on the Lower Clarence. Eight aboriginal couples were duly married…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 19

THOMPSON -- SYDNEY JONES. -- A fashionable wedding occurred at Strathfield on Wednesday, when Maud, the second daughter of Sir Philip Sydney Jones, was married to Ralph…

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Wedding Bells

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 3

An extremely pretty wedding was that celebrated on Wednesday between Mr. David J. S. Evans, of Dartbrook-road, Aubunr, and Miss Annie Hewson, eldest…

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Infernal Machine at Wedding. Bride's Narrow Escape From Death. Two Men Arrested. London, September 25

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 November 1908 · page 12

A bride and bridegroom in Aberdeen have had a wonderful escape from being killed by a wedding present. An infernal machine was sent to the…

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For Women. Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 November 1908 · page 10

MORRIS--BUTFIELD.--On October 21, at St. Mark's Church, Granville, the marriage took place of Mr. Henry Charles Morris, of Redfern, with Miss Millicont Ruby Dutfield, eldest…

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Wedding Presents

Evening News · Tuesday 3 November 1908 · page 4

One of the minor harassments of life is to choose a wedding present and it is a pity some practical method cannot be devised of giving the recipient just what he or she most desires…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 November 1908 · page 3

GRIFFIN--LINDSAY.--At St. Phillip's Church, Auburn, on Monday afternoon last, Ann Eliza Wilson, fourth daughter of the late Mr. Geo. Lindsay, of "Sunnyside," Dapto, was…

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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 7

ALISON -- HOOKE. -- At Christ Church, Dungog, on. Wednesday, October 28, a "military" wedding, was celebrated between Lieutenant Alison, officer-in-charge of the Dungog Branch…

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Wedding at West Maitland

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 6

On Wednesday morning, September 30, St. John's Cathedral was the scene of a very pretty wedding, when Mr. Thomas A. Connolly, of Gatton, Queensland, third son of…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 5

FEATHER--NORRIE.--A wedding was solemnised at the Chatswood Congregational Church on Saturday, October 17, Rev. W. Marsh, of Willoughby, officiating, between John…

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Both at the Wedding

The Australian Star · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 6

"He said his boss got married yesterday, and keeping up the occasion, he took too much whisky." said Constable Lillie, in referring to Sidney M'Donough, who was charged at the Central Police Court this…

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A Deathbed Wedding

Evening News · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 3

The Charlie Hospital (Berlin), on September 13, was the scene of the romantic re-marriage of a dying man to "his divorced wife. The divorce occurred early in the year, but since the…

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Golden Wedding

The St George Call · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 4

At the Kogarah School of Arts on Saturday evening, Mr. and Mrs. William Matterson celebrated their golden wedding in the company of a large…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 19

WATKINSON -- COLVIN. -- A wedding took place at St. Paul's Church, Chatswood, on Saturday afternoon, October 24, when Mr. Joseph A. eldest son of Mr. J. Watkinson, of Warwick,…

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