Everyday problems faced by the inhabitants of Galicia on the example of the local community of Tarnów in the light of the magazine “Eagle”

Abstract

The magazine published in the second half of the nineteenth century in Tarnów, was the biweekly “Eagle” devoted to economic and social issues. Its founder was Jan Karol Włodarski. The journal was published in the printing houses of Anastazy Rusinowski, Józef Styrna, Józef Fischer and Mojżesz Deutscher in Kraków, and was published from 1882 to 1883 in the circulation of 500 copies, on the 1st and the 15th day of each month. Although the magazine was of an economic and social character, various other articles were included in it; such as the permanent sections: „Od Redakcyi i Wydawnictwa” „Sprawy gminne i powiatowe”, „Kronika miejscowa i zamiejscowa”, „Stowarzyszenia”, „To i owo”, „Nadesłane”, „Spóźnione”, „Zapiski bibliograficzne”, „Pytania i odpowiedzi”, „Nowości”, „Rozmaitości”, „Korespondencje”, „Urywek z dziejów”, „Pytania i odpowiedzi” and also a novel in instalments, poetry, and humour. Through this diversity, it could recreate the image of the city of those times. The aim of this article is to draw attention to the characteristic everyday problems of the small-town Tarnów community described regularly in various sections in the “Eagle” magazine. They concerned ordinary, direct issues such as improving the quality of life in Tarnów, safety and work in the city, the appearance and aesthetics of the city, the Tarnów necropolis, natural disasters in the Tarnów region, road accidents, caring for animals, or rest and leisure.