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FIVE THOUSAND INVENTIONS. NEW YORK, May IV. A Scotch mousetrap that recovers its own bait, and a necktie equippod with a sponge for soup-eaters, are part of tho world's most freakish show, opened with a display of 5000 inventions, at the Grand Central Palace. A perfume atomiser attached to a fork for eating high-smelling cheese, and a reversible hat for women contributed by a Western cattleman, arc also features of the show. . Other exhibits aro ah assortment of whistling egg-cookers, a substitute for crooning, self-smoking pipes, and nonskid soap bars, tho last-mentioned being tho'invention, of a 10-year-old girl, who has several other patents to her credit.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20551, 20 May 1932, Page 11
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108NOVEL EXHIBITION. Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20551, 20 May 1932, Page 11
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