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Today — April 3, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Magic and Make-believe, edited by John McInnes, 1962.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Daily Mirror1916.  
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Treats and Treasures by McInnes et al., 1964.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Story of Everyday Things by Arthur Train, Jr. and illustrated by Chichi Lasley, 1941.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom1936.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Elson-Runkel Primer, 1914.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Stage and the School by Katharine Anne Ommanney, 1932.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Fetching fire from a neighbor."  From Long Ago by John Waddell, 1933.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Farmer's Magazine, 1913.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Heidelberg University's 1925 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Picture Show, 1920.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1912 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Hats are fatal if they're not up to date."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1956.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Leaving behind "a trail of twinkling anemones."  From The Blue Rose Fairy Book by Maurice Baring, 1911.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
There are smoke rings and then there are smoke question marks.  From Peace Junior College's 1931 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Tetramorph, a composition of the four living creatures into one: Matthew the man, Mark the lion, Luke the ox, and John the eagle.  From Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures In Art with Special Reference To Their Use in British Heraldry by John Vinycomb, 1906.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hood College's 1936 yearbook.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"Peter Puck wants to know if the bell-ringer knows the ropes."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1931.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From St. Nicholas Songs, 1885.
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