Solomon Everta

1889.01.15

Tuesday January 15th 1889: Elephants push, giraffes lookout, and rhinoceroses dig a path while upon the steamer Antelope all view the new schooner launching from Bendixsen’s shipyard just before noon. Read more here.

1889.01.14

Monday January 14th 1889: The stage of Baird’s Opera House rings with the sound of coins freed from their pockets and purses of Eureka’s music lovers by Hope. Read more here.

1889.01.13

Sunday January 13th 1889: Three-year-old Miss Hansen practices her skill of invisibility for six hours until the perceptive Mrs. Borg returns the child to her worried mother. Read more here.

1889.01.12

Saturday January 12th 1889: The variegated patterns in the sheets of rain form the shape of a daemon bringing malfunction to the telegraph operator and his machine. Read more here and here.

1889.01.11

Friday January 11th 1889: Ghost spooks Dr. Farrer of Healdsburg who falls into the basement of the new courthouse. Read more here.

1889.01.10

Thursday January 10th 1889: The creek on the Ricks property is filled in and flattened with pachyderm power, specifically the elephantine kind. Read more here.

1889.01.09

Wednesday January 9th 1889: The creature created from flame at Weaver’s Laundry on First Street rushes upstairs in attempt of escape, ejecting furniture off the second story before dissipating in the midnight air. Read more here, here, here, and here. See more here.