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Today — July 11, 2026

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Daily Mirror1904.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Jumble Book by David Cory, 1920.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Animal Life, A First Book of Zoology by David Starr Jordan & Vernon L. Kellogg, 1902.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From School Boys of Long Ago, Part Two by Beatrice Hurley & Ina Sartorius and illustrated by Henry Rood, 1935.
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Old News (permalink)
"A tune that was lost and found."  From Magic Music by Fannie R. Buchanan and illustrated by Roby Ann Nelson, 1931.
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
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Old News (permalink)
"Man is first to give out.  Suffered more than his wife."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1909.  
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Burmese Supernaturalism by Melford Spiro, 1967.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Montana's 1908 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Ancient Stones Cry Out by Peyton Enniss, 1939.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
A peek 59 years into the future.  From Northeastern University's 1917 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Sorcery Club by Elliott O'Donnell, 1912.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Washington State University's 1911 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Which box will the rat choose?"  From The Children's Newspaper, 1920.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Vassar's 1945 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Heavens by Amedée Guillemin, 1867.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Olds School of Agriculture's 1927 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Second Primer by J. M. D. Meiklejohn, 1881.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Armour Institute of Technology's 1901 yearbook.
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