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Today — February 24, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Children's Newspaper, 1937.
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The Right Word (permalink)
"Victor Hugo declared that he was sure he should live beyond the grave, because he felt his soul to be full of hymns and poems he had not had time to write."  From Manual and Diagrams to Accompany Metcalf's Grammars by Carl Garrison, 1901.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Amrita, 1973.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the late 1800s, via UpNorthMemories
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Who could look at those square Shoulders and the beaming Freckles and that beautiful bulge of Chest without feeling a re-enforced Desire to be of Service?"  From Hand-Made Fables by George Ade and illustrated by John T. McCutcheon, 1920.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Wizard, 1931.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Irish Fairy Book by Alfred Perceval Graves and illustrated by George Denham, 1909.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
An Assam tiger, from Chatterbox, 1902.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Harper's, 1894.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From What a Girl Can Make and Do by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard, 1906.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"What's the use?"  From West Virginia Wesleyan College's 1916 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Kladderadatsch, 1920.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Indiana University's 1937 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"The dying who never die!"  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1942.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Lasell Seminary's 1894 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
A really big candle can make a room.  From Motion Picture Classic, 1926.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Washington State University's 1913 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From St. Nicholas, 1891.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the United States Naval Academy's 1926 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Today's duck-pulled rooster cart is from Grimm's Fairy Tales Retold In One-Syllable Words, 1899.
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