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Today — July 14, 2026

Presumptive Conundrums (permalink)
From Mathways 2 by Bates, Morham, Seim & Drake, 1974.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Daily Mirror1916.
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1906.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Amrita, 1977.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Pahlavi Cartomancy by S. A. and L. V. Moulton, 1904.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Book of Indian Crafts and Indian Lore by Julian Harris Salomon, 1928.aFrom The Book of Indian Crafts and Indian Lore by Julian Harris Salomon, 1928.
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
INSTRUCTIONS: Click to reveal the yearbook's dedication.
From Shippensburg State College's 1974 yearbook.

From Shippensburg State College's 1974 yearbook
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Old News (permalink)
Legally dead for 2 years, he was alive until he committed suicide.  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1909.  
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Old News (permalink)
"His cake is only two-thirds baked."  From Improvement Era, 1959.
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Our Dumb Animals, 1937.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Lafayette College's 1909 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Fate in Arcadia, written and illustrated by Edwin John Ellis, 1892.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From West Virginia University's 1915 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Nest full of eggs.  Butterflies wake up."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1920.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Lees-McRae College's 1953 yearbook.
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Colorful Allusions (permalink)
A color palette of editions of Grenfell of Labrador by James Johnston, 1900-1908
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"The owl and the pussycat went to sea; they're much better off than we!!"  From Kent State University's 1966 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Heyday, I be Jack Pudding."  From Abeniki Caldwell by Carolyn Wells, 1902.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Armour Institute of Technology's 1907 yearbook.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"It's quiet.  Except the wind, which is always saying strange things."  From Canada's answer to Dark Shadows, Strange Paradise episode 5.
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