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Today — August 6, 2026

Old News (permalink)
"The shrieking age.  Who will stop the noise?"  From The Children's Newspaper1930.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Gold of Fairnilee by Andrew Lang, 1888.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Early Experiences by Roy Richards, 1972.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Daily Mirror, 1914.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Think-and-Do Book to Accompany Streets and Roads by Gray & Monroe, 1940.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Games, goldfish, newspapers, writing paper, and flowers are surprises that can be taken to a person who is ill."  From Home and Family Living by Fleck, Fernandez & Munves, 1959.
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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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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Tangent, 1933.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1910 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Fun in the Radio World by E. Boyd Smith, 1923.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Dick's Parlor Exhibitions by William Brisbane Dick, 1882.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Growing corn people.  From Hampden-Sydney College's 1920 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Picture-Play Magazine, 1920.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the College of William and Mary's 1902 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Was there no Venus before 3,000 B.C.?"  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1950.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Detroit Bible College's 1971 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Ufologia, 1979.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"We are tethered to our kind, and the wisest of all limitations is that which holds us well within the sphere of naturai and harmonious development" (Agnes Repplier).  Photo from Broome Community College's 1981 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1906.
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