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Today — July 24, 2026

The Right Word (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom, 1934.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Sally the Screech Owl by Gene Darby and illustrated by Edward Miller, 1964.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Youth's Companion, 1922.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Story of the Earliest Times by Barker, Grimm & Hughes and illustrated by Mary Alice Stoddard, 1936.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Story of a Cat by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, 1878.
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Old News (permalink)
"Queer things on paper and blackboard and how to put them there."  From What a Girl Can Make and Do by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard, 1906.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Be careful what you wish for!"  From Hubble Bubble by Jane Lovering.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Lamaism by L. Austine Waddell, 1934.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"'Just ignore the discomfort and the cramps.  They'll pass.'  Then he was gone."  From 73 Magazine, 1970.
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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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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Swarthmore College's 1925 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Friendly snakes.  Woman who wins their confidence."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1922.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Salem Normal School's 1908 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Film Daily, 1922.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Those arriving late may remain until 1911.  From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1910 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"For years Anne had hoped to make a career in puppetry, but suddenly the dream was shattered."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1963.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From When Mother Lets Us Play by Angela Mary Keyes, 1911.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Art Teacher by Pedro J. Lemos, 1939.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From St. Andrew's College Review, 1974-75.
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