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Today — August 16, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"The little pigs go home to bed."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1926.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
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Old News (permalink)
"A merry death."  From Daily Mirror1916.  
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Hobbies Weekly, 1949.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Vajra Bodhi Sea, 1977.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Beacon Introductory Second Reader, Animal Folk Tales by James Fassett and illustrated by Charles Copeland, 1912.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Strand, 1894.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Generation Link, Annotated Teacher's Edition, 1976.  See This Book is a Cactus.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Hygienic Pig and Other Stories by Janet Fiield Heath, 1925.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mother Goose Secrets as told by the story gnome to Barbara Webb Bourjaily and illustrated by Joe King, 1925.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
Django Wexler's The Palace of Glass is dedicated to your cat in particular.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Lighted Pathway, 1981.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Wake Forest College's 1921 yearbook.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hampden-Sydney College's 1908 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Punch, 1910.
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Syracuse University's 1909 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1903.  
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
A goat of smoke.  From Beloit College's 1892 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Owl King and Other Fairy Stories by Herbert Escott Inman and illustrated by E. A. Mason, 1898.
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