At first glance, we thought a love letter had been opened by mistake in a wolven building, which explained the seeming scratch marks in the second word of the headline.  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1905.

From Fate Magazine, 1953.

"I want the ones that look like little pillows."  From Australian Women's Weekly, 1952.

From St. Nicholas magazine, 1913.

From Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes (Routledge, 1877).

From Caricature, the Wit & Humor of a Nation In Picture, Song and Story, 1914.

From University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1913 yearbook.

Bird versus mouse.  From Chatterbox, 1904.

From Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne and illustrated by Milo Winter, 1913.

From the University of Western Ontario's 1944 yearbook.

From Self-Help English Lessons, Book Three by Julia Helen Wohlfarth & John J. Mahoney and illustrated by Frederick Richardson, 1925.

From Indiana University's 1906 yearbook.  See If a Chessman Were a Word: A Chess-Calvino Dictionary.

"Then we had a fascinating conversation about the occult."  From Dark Shadows episode 496.

"That's a funny way to say your prayers."  From the University of Western Ontario's 1960 yearbook.  See Strange Prayers for Strange Times.

"When man wed a tree."  From The Occult Digest, 1929.

From The Natural History of Aquatic Insects by L. C. Miall 1895.

A rare depiction of the vanilla imp.  From Wee Wisdom, 1931.

Stills from Grave Mood Rings, courtesy of Dare-g on Tumblr.

From the Elson-Runkel Primer, 1914.

From High Society: Hints on How to Attain, Relish, and Survive It by Fish, 1915.