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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1906
Page
7
Ernest R. Buffinton of Roxbury was granted a divorce from Lucy Buffinton by Judge White in the Divorce Court. The cross libel filed by Mrs. Buffinton was dismissed and the case followed a sensational trial two weeks earlier.
William Doogue Boston's famous florist and superintendent of public grounds died at his home on East Cottage Street after a long illness of pneumonia. He served 27 years in his post and left a widow and several children. Doogue was renowned for his floral designs at the Public Garden and faced political opposition years ago over personnel and department structure.
William Kearney aged 24 was brought to the Relief station last evening with multiple wounds to the head and face after being struck by a thrown glass in a Green street wine shop. He was carried away by an ambulance from Station 3.
Announcement from Lynn states Miss Gertrude Hurley daughter of the late Michael Hurley will marry Captain B A P Schreiber of Roundwood Ipswich Suffolk England on November 21 at St James Roman Catholic Church London Miss Hurley is in Paris arranging her trousseau and family members from Lynn plan to travel to London for the wedding.
A severe storm continues with a northeasterly gale of 60 miles per hour. Blinding snow squalls hit Massachusetts Bay while Highland Light Cape Cod reports thick rain and rough seas. Steamers delayed, harbor traffic halted, and the fishing schooner Manomet loses its mainmast in heavy seas.
The season's worst storm delays ships from six to twelve hours reaching ports. Grecian and HTL F Dimock report heavy seas and late arrivals while Gloucester Gloucester and Bay State routes struggle. Vessels abandon schedules, tug Cuba seeks shelter, and Bangor remains held as gale winds blow northward with snow and rain.
The fishing schooner Manomet owned by Arnold and Winor of T wharf returned to port with its mainmast broken and wreckage on deck after a sudden failure in heavy head seas. Captain William Price steered toward Boston as the vessel rode dangerous waves near Halfway Rock. No injuries were reported.
The Gloucester schooner Onato arrived at T wharf with about 20 000 pounds of groundfish. Captain Henry Larkin narrowly escaped being washed overboard as a tidal wave battered the deck sixty miles southeast of Highland Light in the channel grounds, wrecking cabin fittings and gear.
Boston crowds will welcome E. S. Willard back to the Colonial Theatre next Monday in Colonel Newcome. The program features alternating dramas and matinees including The Man Who Was, David Garrick, The Professor s Love Story, The Middleman, A Pair of Spectacles, and Vom Pinch across the week. Mam selle Sallie musical comedy arrives at the Boston Theatre, and Andrew Mack ends his engagement tonight. The Rays perform Down the Pike at the Globe next week.
A busy schedule promises popular entertainments from "Painting the Town" to "Mme Butterfly" at the Tremont and "The College Widow" in Boston. Maude Adams and Francis Wilson lead major engagements as new plays and revivals debut or extend at Tremont, Hollis Street, Park, Grand Opera, Castle Square, Keith's and other venues with concerts and burlesques filling the calendar.
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