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Today — January 30, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Cheerful Children by Edmund Vance Cooke and illustrated by Mae Herrick Scannell, 1923.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Cues for You by Mildred Graves Ryan, 1930.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Daily Mirror, 1905.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Amrita Bazar Patrika, 1961.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Beacon Primer by James Hiram Fassett and illustrated by G. A. Harker, 1912.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Book of Indian Crafts and Indian Lore by Julian Harris Salomon, 1928.
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Old News (permalink)
"Where the old locos end their days."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1959.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Grimm's Fairy Tales, translated by Margaret Hunt and illustrated by John Gruelle, 1914.
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Old News (permalink)
"Are you absent-minded?  Rare gift or unfortunate lapse, it is nature's safeguard against mental worry."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1937.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Horizon, 1957.
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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 Billy Bunny and His Friends by David Cory, 1917.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Blottentots, and How to Make Them by John Prosper Carmel, 1907.
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Old News (permalink)
"Local druggist makes many friends."  From The Duluth Herald, 1914.
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio State University's 1968 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
From The Film Daily, 1927.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1890.
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Old News (permalink)
"Man bites tick."  From The Old Line, 1949.
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Only Funny If ... (permalink)
"I would laugh if there was any laughing left in me."  From Dark Shadows episode 792.
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