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5 stories matching charivari

  1. A Noisy Surprise for the Newlyweds

    Local residents revive the old-fashioned 'charivari' tradition to celebrate a neighbor’s recent marriage with a cacophonous midnight parade.

    Jan 11, 1904The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyStrange But True

  2. Shotgun Wedding Party: A Close Call in Ping Gulch

    A celebratory charivari turns dangerous when wedding guests accidentally riddle the newlyweds' home with lead.

    Nov 9, 1903The Evening StatesmanPomeroy, Garfield CountyStrange But True

  3. A Wedding Night Turned to Blood

    A celebratory shotgun 'charivari' in Ping Gulch went terribly wrong when pranksters left live ammunition in their guns, leaving the bride with multiple bullet wounds.

    Nov 5, 1903The Evening StatesmanPomeroy, Garfield CountyStrange But True

  4. A Shaming Serenade Gone Wrong

    A citizen writes to the editor to defend a newly married couple from a violent, unwanted 'charivari' performance.

    Jan 12, 1900The Colfax GazetteClear Creek, Colfax, Whitman CountyScandal

  5. The Town Hauls the Groom Home on a Baggage Truck

    Charles Bell slipped off to Spokane to marry quietly. Two hundred neighbors had other plans — and a mule, cowbells and a slasher saw.

    Mar 26, 1908The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentNewport, Pend Oreille CountyScandal

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