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From Our Abecedarian Blog . . .
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From The Daily Mirror, 1916.
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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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From The Children's Newspaper, 1934.
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From The Alexandra Readers First Reader by McIntyre & Saul, 1908.
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From The Golden Legend by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and illustrated by Sidney H. Meteyard, 1914.
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In headlines of a 1905 Duluth Herald, a "boy" driven mad by cigarettes turned out to be 25, and an "aged" lunatic hiding from evil spirits was 60. But a few pages later, all was explained: it was the phenomenon of "old young folks."
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From Purple Parrot, 1933.
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Note the mustache's grave. From Illinois Wesleyan University's 1909 yearbook.
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"Demon doings." From Current Sauce, 1933.
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From Heidelberg University's 1923 yearbook.
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"Himalayan footprints mystery." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1949. By the way, it actually exists: the Bigfoot Bible.
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From Winthrop University's 1910 yearbook.
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Snow itself throws snowballs. From Snickerty Nick by Julia Ellsworth Ford and illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1919.
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