From Our Abecedarian Blog . . .

Today — February 28, 2026
	Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "What is the explanation of this strange preference of women for the monstrous, the ugly, and the weird?"  From the Daily Mirror, 1905.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) Stills from Grave Mood Rings, courtesy of Dare-g on Tumblr. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Canadian Readers Book I, 1922. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Amrita Bazar Patrika, 1962. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Youth's Companion, 1926.  See How to Believe in Your Elf. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From My Book About Mary and Bill by Felton & Meighen, 1940. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "Too little and too much.  This mad world again."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1934. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Test of Time (Ostermoor Mattress), 1904. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "Vague expectations of an impending calamity gnaw at one's heart, but when the blow descends, with it also descends a strange sort of peace."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1945. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Myths and Legends of Australia by A. W. Reed and illustrated by Roger Hart. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From A Round-the-World Jingle by Charlotte C. Davenport, 1918. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Images Moving Through Time (permalink) From The Gateway, 1973. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Images Moving Through Time . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) Theseus slaying the minotaur.  From Masters in Art: [Antoine-Louis] Bayre, 1904. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Totem Tales: Indian Stories Indian Told, Gathered In the Pacific Northwest by W. S. Phillips, 1896. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Littleton College's 1907 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) Mascots from different college humor magazines.  From The Old Line, 1942. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Film Daily, 1945. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Illinois Woman's College's 1915 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Old News (permalink) "They were too easy."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1900.   Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Winthrop College's 1932 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .