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Today — October 2, 2025

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Cat by Rush Shippen Huidekoper, 1895.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Lilliput Lyrics by William Brighty Rands and illustrated by Charles Robinson (1899).
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The Right Word (permalink)
"The Brachycephalic Bohunkus."  From The Saturday Evening Post, 1918.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Fort Wayne Sentinel, 1914.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Werner Primer for Beginners in Reading by F. Lilian Taylor, 1895.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From St. Nicholas Songs, 1885.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"The principal trouble with the easy-going fellow is that it's so hard to get him started."  From Kodak Magazine, 1920.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
It's true that 90s fashion is anyone's guess.  By Erica Scholly for Fisher Junior College's 1989 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Voices of the silences."  From Fate Magazine, 1953.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio Northern University's 1918 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Collier's, 1907.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Near the mystic hour of five."  From Ontario Agricultural College's 1921 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
This is sports coverage we can relate to.  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1909.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From A Castle in the Air by Hugh Ewing, 1888.
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Old News (permalink)
From Ohio State University's 1968 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Cats' Arabian Nights by Abby Morton Diaz, 1881.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
It all began in 1856 and ended in 1914.  From Queens College's 1914 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Astounding, 1936.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Investigating School Mathematics by O'Daffer & Eicholz, 1973.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Washington University (Saint Louis)'s 1927 yearbook.
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