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Weddings, 1912

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Origin of the Wedding Ring

Globe · Wednesday 22 May 1912 · page 2

Q.: What is the true reason why women wear wedding rings?—"Mater," Townville, Q.). A.: There have been various explanations given of the origin of wedding rings. One…

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Wedding at St. Mary's Cathedral

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 38

At St. Mary'n Cathedral, the Rev. Father O'Farrell officiating, Miss. Mary Foley, daughter of Mr. James Foley, late of Enniscothy, was recently married to Mr. J…

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Brittany's Marriage Customs: The Year's Weddings on one Day The Quaint City of Plougastel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 6

The quaint Breton marriage customs are always arresting the attention of artists and writers, and we are able to reproduce some interesting pictures of the great gala day…

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Newcastle Wedding. Bray--windeyer

The Sun · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 11

Newcastle society was deeply interested in the marriage, which took place yesterday, of Mr. Gordon Wolseley Bray and Miss Nena Alan Windeyer. The bridegroom is the son…

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Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 5

ALLEN--HUNT.--On May 15, at the Methodist Church, Parkesbourne, Herbert George, eldest son of Rev. Harry Allen and Mrs. Allen, of Canley Vale, was married to Mabel Alice…

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The Floor Length Wedding Veil

The Land · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 14

The wedding veil of the present season in England is a very long one, ending in a point and falling just to the floor. Instead of arranging…

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Wedding

The Propeller · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 1

A pretty wedding was celebrated at St. Joseph's Church, Rook-wood, on the IIth instant, when Miss Pecarta Nauchman, only…

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Wedding Bells Cooper-Johnson

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 8

A quiet, but pretty wedding was celebrated at the Wesley Church, Chippendale, on Saturday laid, by the Rev G H He[?], the contracting…

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Wedding Bells. Amos—butterworth

The Methodist · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 6

A pretty wedding was celebrated in the Methodist Church, Hay, on Wednesday morning, May 1st, when the Rev. Arthur Wesley…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 19

BRAY--WINDEYER.--On Wednesday afternoon last, at the Church of England Cathedral, Newcastle, Gordon Wolseley, second son of the late Alfred Bray, of Braygrove, Concord, and…

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Why I Hope to Be "Happy, Though Married." By a Girl Whose Wedding Day Has Just Been Fixed

The Sun · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 3

Because I realise that the signing of the register will not transform us both into saints, and that Jim and I will each have just the same faults after as before marriage…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 4

MINTOSH--EDWARDS.--A wedding took place on Saturday, April 27, at St. Paul's, Chatswood, when A. Marnshall, youngest son of Rev. and Mrs. G. M'Intosh, was married to…

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Waggon at Wedding

Evening News · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 12

An old English Sussex custom was revived at [?], near Lowes, the other day. when a bride, the daughter of a carter on a farm, drove to and from church with the wedding…

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Social Items. Weddings

Evening News · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 11

Miss Cecilla Isabel Whittington, eldest daughter of Mr. Charles Whittington, of North Crookwell, was on May 21 at St. Mary's Church, Crookwell, married to Mr. Albert…

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Country Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 45

Sussell -- Durle. -- On May 19 a pretty wedding took place at "Brighton Villa," the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Durle, manager of the Zigzag Colliery, Lithgow, when their…

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Wedding at Erskineyville

The Catholic Press · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 43

Of great local interest was the marriage of Miss Nellie Mulligan, second daughter of the into Mr, and Mrs. W. P. Mulligan, of Erskineville, and Mr. W. J. Burleigh,…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 5

FINLAYSON --RICHMOND.--Much interest was centred in the wedding of Miss Maysle Richmond, daughter of Mr. James Richmond, Kippenross House, Dunblane, Scotland, formerly…

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"A Shot-gun Lecture." Higher Education in America the Wedding of Pure and Applied Science

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 8

Our effort in the United States," said Professor Slosson at the close of a lecture before the Economics and Commerce Association of New South Wales last night, "is to break down…

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Wedding Bells WAINWRIGHT—ANDREWS

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 5

A very pretty wedding was celebrated in St. Stephen's Church, Penrith, on the 4th May, by Canon Archdall; the contracting parties being Percy Edward,…

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A Boy's Wedding. Extraordinary Story of Welsh Marriage Sequel

The Arrow · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 3

The story of transitory wedded bliss was unfolded last month the before the Liandaff (Welsh) Magistrate. It was the story of a secret marriage at Cardiff Registry Office. The partied…

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