LOST EUREKA

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

1889.01.11

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

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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.

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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.

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