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Today — October 5, 2025

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neil, 1913.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Travels of Puss-in-Boots, Jr. by David Cory, 1918.
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Old News (permalink)
"The earth pulls down its polar cap."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1924.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Punch, 1910.
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Our Dumb Animals, 1956.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Together, 1972.
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Old News (permalink)
"Will-o-the-wisp sounds fire alarm.  A dancing point of light led Earl to the smell of smoke and a shrouded black figure without a face."  From Fate Magazine, 1973.


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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Indiana University's 1975 yearbook.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
From Heads Up, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Light of Truth, 1900.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Chowan College's 1914 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Gay chairs."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1959.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Medical College of Virginia's 1931 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"The doctor prescribes for the lady dolly."  From St. Nicholas, 1890.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Belmont Abbey College's 1958 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Film Daily, 1945.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the Carnegie Institute of Technology's 1920 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Are you really ready for the next emergency?"  From 73 Magazine, 1968.
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Miscellanies of Mr. Jonathan (permalink)

From Death in the Tunnel, by Miles Burton:

Wigland and Bunthorne [firm name]
Mrs. Clutsam
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