Bed bug trap inventor and mixed notes on current events
A Canadian inventor creates a bed bug trap while the page blends diverse items. Mentions include Josh Billings, Dickens parties in Toledo, Swinburne staging a novel, Lady Knights of Pythias, lost children, Philadelphia schoolmaids dress pay, and medical curiosities like carbolic acid embalming mummies. The column threads through culture, finance, and oddities with satirical asides.
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