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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1891
Page
6
In Oil City a famed duo Dr Reynolds and Pete Gruber seize rattlesnakes using a forked stick and bare hands. They recount hunts above Oil City on the Allegheny ridge capturing dozens of vipers for display in Gruber’s museum, with ammonia used as an antiseptic by Gruber and vivid notes on bites, venom and safety.
The article describes Dr. Reynolds and Gruber in Oil City, Gruber’s private museum of reptiles behind a saloon, and an account of a venomous snake bite story. It notes Gruber’s risk and effort to collect serpents, Reynolds’ dental background, and a miniature oil farm model noted as valuable at $1,500.
The article asserts rattlesnakes will eat in captivity and cites Gruber's snakes preferring chipmunks swallows sparrows and mice. It notes the female bears live young with 10 to 15 offspring at once while all other snakes lay eggs.
Governor Pattison and staff will visit the National Guard camp at Arnold station on Wednesday August 18 and stay until the next Friday. The governor praises camp conditions and ration reforms, noting significant support for enlistees. Battery B members report August 6 at 6:20 PM for camp departure, with baggage rules and mess duties assigned.
The text touts numerous discounts from 63¢ to 39¢ on Cheviot Negligee shirts, 63¢ sale flannelettes in stripes, silk negligees discounted from $3 to 98¢, and silk Windsors cut from 24¢ to 13¢, boasting deep losses to move stock and urging readers to buy now.
Odds and ends of plain and fancy Colored Shirts sold at 63c and 74c now offered at 2gc. A line of fancy Striped Bal briggan Shirts and Drawers worth 74c-years for 49c. Boys' Drawers, odds and ends in 50c goods, go at 24c.
Boys' fancy Per cale Waists cut from 35c to 19c while Blouse Jersey Waists fall from 74c to 39c. Finest Star Waists, once 125 price, now 89c. Quick sale on all listed styles with strong savings for boys' apparel.
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