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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1916
Page
3
A six foot five inch slate colored snake from Brockton is described as eating half a bag of cement on a trip to New York. Raymond L. Ditmars, Bronx Zoo curator, is referenced as part of the journey though the main fact remains the extraordinary digestive feat of the animal.
An Italian worker found a large snake in a bag of cement near the Belmont street entrance as Brockton builds a new fairground entrance. The reptile was alive and unable to move freely, its mouth full of cement and the bag partially eaten. A survey of the site found no owner for the snake amid preparations for the Brockton Fair.
Curator Ditmars, an expert on snakes and their ailments, will assess the reptile's act to discern if it aimed at nourishment or taxidermy, clarifying motive behind the creature's self-preservation attempt.
Filgin H. Kerr, a prominent Providence bond broker, married Rose C. Rogers, his bookkeeper, at the Touraine hotel in a quiet nine fifty p m ceremony with few friends present. The license was issued in Boston on September 2. Both parties had prior marriages. Kerr is divorced and Rogers is widowed.
New York September 29. The Hughes Wide Awakes announce plans to form bands of 40 men in each county across states with Hughes alliances. They aim to inject Tabasco into the campaign, enroll many young men, and recruit surviving Lincoln Wide Awake members. William Verbeck named grand marshal with national headquarters in New York City.
Pittsfield report says Henry Sedgwick founder and long time president of Lenox National Bank died in Lenox after an odd accident on Saturday. He had led the bank since 1889 and was 86 years old at his death.
Timothy J. Hayes former clerk at the South postal station received one year and one day in Plymouth jail after a U.S. District Court judge found him guilty of embezzling a mail item. A separate letter notes Massachusetts National Guard dental care at Forsyth Dental Infirmary with 700 guardsmen treated in two days.
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