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Word: oegstgeest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...engaged to marry the honest vegetable peddler Martinus van Stijn and wished to do so on the day of the Crown Princess' marriage. How far was it appropriate to go in this case? The wench and her vegetable man were both of substantial folk in the village of Oegstgeest. They were not going to have a Third-Class wedding (free) at the Town Hall, nor a Second-Class wedding ($2.75), but were prepared to pay for a First-Class wedding ($5.50) with the bridegroom in striped trousers and tails, the bride in modest everyday dress. In these becoming circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Other Juliana | 1/18/1937 | See Source »

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