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Today — April 29, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Canadian Readers Book I, 1922.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom, 1924.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neil, 1913.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Open Door English Series for the Junior High School, Book Three, 1934.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"She had popped into a hole in the floor."  From The F-U-N Book for Canadian Boys and Girls by Mabel Guinnip LaRue and illustrated by Maud & Miska Petersham, 1930.
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Old News (permalink)
"Dictatorships do not encourage literature."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1937.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Little Compliments of the Season by Eleanor Donnelly, 1887.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by John D. Batten, 1892.
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
From The Gateway, 1963.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Yes, you'll have a chance to meet lots of guys!"  From Purdue University's 1962 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
The imp of three o'clock, tearful.  From King Time by Percy Keese Fitzhugh, 1908. 
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Punch, 1910.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Realizing the sad fact."  From Denison University's 1891 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"She too was found dead."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1901.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Purdue University's 1963 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Moving Picture World, 1920.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Tulane University's 1900 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
You've heard of "honest money," and here's what it looks like.  From St. Nicholas, 1914.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the United States Naval Academy's 1926 yearbook.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"I'm bored with you, with the future and the past and the present."  From Dark Shadows episode 794.
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