The small yellow ball disappears from the magician's left hand, reappearing moments later, plucked out of thin air, by his right. Hardly a mind-boggling move at a magic show, but this is an academic ...

Whether it was a whoopee cushion, a deck of trick playing cards or a Roman gladiator outfit, the always quirky Eddie’s Trick Shop was the place to go on Marietta Square for five-plus decades. But the ...