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Wedding Expenses and Modern Gift Etiquette Reflected
A fragment from a 19th century essay and several social notes discuss the cost of weddings, etiquette, and gifts. It notes men facing expenses at bachelor dinners and the shift toward presenting for grooms. Social notices list engagements, receptions, and upcoming weddings across Indianapolis society, with multiple families and clubs involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
New York
Brown
Sperry
Missouri Fatout
North Capitoline
Esther Aux- Bury
Nettie Tansford
Mary Goddard
Mary BE. Engle
Emma Eckhouse
Ralph Bamberger
Perkins
St. Paul's Church
Francis T. Hord
Winfield Taylor Durbin
May
Berkshire Hills
Ada Mae
Frederick Whitney Alexander
Second Presbyterian Church
The
Dramatic Club
Rene Board of Directors
Boar
Augusta W. Paver
Park Avenue
Romaine R. Armstrong
Lizzie V. Spahr
Lina M. Bario
Denison Hotel
Fulwell
George Fullwell
Odd Fellows
Indianapolis Dental Club
John Bassel
Genevieve
Philemon Mitchell Watson
Christ Church
Clarksburg
W. Va
Watson
Indianapolis
Henry St. Fraser
Marvin Rice Maxwell
Woodruff Matinee Musicale
Woodruff Place Club
Wagner
Oliver Willard Pierce
Edwin Feller
Margaret Lockwood
Frank Edenharter
Claude Griffith
Miss Potter
Chicago
Russel M. Leeds