https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/ Personal effects of "a mad genius" by Craig Conley. en-us Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT webmaster@oneletterwords.com (Craig Conley) webmaster@oneletterwords.com (Craig Conley) Copyright 2026 Craig Conley. All rights reserved. https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=110440 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>A collage of stills from <a href="https://www.mysteryarts.com/penetralia/">Prof. Oddfellow's Penetralia</a>, courtesy of Dare-g on Tumblr.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="4039" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1755039834.1685.9776.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=110440 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=112126 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div><span>From the </span><em>Daily Mirror,<span> </span></em><span>1904.</span></div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="1212" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1761326206.1797.7506.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=112126 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=99447 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <em>The Children's Newspaper</em>, 1940.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="769" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1714940478.1188.6755.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=99447 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=90477 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <em>Preparatory Book to Accompany Wide Wings</em> by Gates, Huber &amp; Peardon, 1939.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="327" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1682527712.9787.2248.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=90477 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=88319 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=In%20Paths%20of%20Peril%20Oxley&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=In%20Paths%20of%20Peril%20Oxley&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In Paths of Peril</a></em> by James Macdonald Oxley, 1903.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="1006" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1677015413.0561.7029.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=88319 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=84251 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>A fox excapes from the book it was in.  From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=The%20Life%20of%20a%20Foxhound%20john%20mills&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=The%20Life%20of%20a%20Foxhound%20john%20mills&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Life of a Foxhound</a></em> by John Mills and illustrated by J. A. Shepherd, 1890.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="470" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1668880656.7047.3349.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=84251 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=85619 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td> <table align="right" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td><img width=20 height=1 src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/images/space.gif"></td> <td align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan=2><img width=1 height=10 src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/images/space.gif"></td></tr> </table> <div>Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source.</div> <div></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=85615" rel="noopener"><img style="width: 100%; height: auto; max-width: 800px;" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1671753550.8034.3842.jpg" alt="108407" /></a><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=81933" rel="noopener"><img style="width: 100%; height: auto; max-width: 800px;" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1662954811.2678.9595.jpg" alt="104562" /></a></div> <div></div><br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=85619 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=64499 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Beppo%2C%20or%20the%20Little%20Rose-Colored%20Monkey&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Beppo%2C%20or%20the%20Little%20Rose-Colored%20Monkey&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beppo, or the Little Rose-Colored Monkey</a></em> by C Collodi, 1907.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="1249" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1618735666.2678.5026.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=64499 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=86859 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From the University of Southern California's 1910 yearbook.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="954" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1674863762.1053.5945.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=86859 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=86683 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>"Women disinclined to reveal their ages."  From the <em>Bombay Sunday Chronicle</em>, 1937.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="287" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1674508849.4986.6107.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=86683 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=56730 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=%22The%20Book%20of%20Fables%20and%20Folk%20Stories%22%20scudder&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=%22The%20Book%20of%20Fables%20and%20Folk%20Stories%22%20scudder&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Book of Fables and Folk Stories</a></em> by Horace Elisha Scudder, 1919.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="612" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1602623980.4724.1158.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=56730 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=74621 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1906 yearbook.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="563" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1646428765.4053.5883.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=74621 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=58104 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <em>The Century</em>, 1892.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="662" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1605034234.6104.6458.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=58104 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=87596 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From College of Industrial Arts' 1917 yearbook.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="893" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1676050687.8059.1720.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=87596 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=87563 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>"Took poison at the altar."  From the <em>Duluth Evening Herald</em>, 1908.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="344" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1676048516.4744.3620.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> 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