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Today — November 6, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Little Folks, 1921.
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Old News (permalink)
"1280 people speak at once."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1937.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Daily Mirror, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum, 1904.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Cues for You by Mildred Graves Ryan, 1930.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Saturday Evening Post, 1918.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales For My Children by Charles Kingsley and illustrated by Helen Monro, 1855.
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
"Here are the three bears.  Find Silver-locks."  From Chatterbox, 1908.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mathematics for Modern Life by Joseph P. McCormack, 1942.
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This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea (permalink)
"The sea of darkness."  From How the Old World Found the New by Barnard and Tall, 1929.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
One-eyed admirers.  From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1935 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Moving Picture World, 1919. 
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Marion College's 1953 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From My Do and Learn Book To Accompany The Little White House by Ousley & Russell, 1948.  Related: The Minimalist Coloring Book.
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Staring at the Sun (permalink)
From Salve Regina College's 1989 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From What's Up Teacher's Edition by Burkman et al., 1977.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Edinboro State Normal School's 1923 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Ontario Second Reader, 1880.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Postponed indefinitely.  This concludes our performance.  Good night."  From Purdue University's 1890 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald and illustrated by Maria Kirk, 1909.
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