CITY NEWS
Reading Room Receives Book Returned 23 Years Late; Fine Waived for Excellent Excuse
A missing local history volume has returned with an explanation involving three moves and one attic.
CITY NEWS
Bell Street Watchmaker Sells Clock With Two Minute Hands; Buyer Calls It ‘Flexible’
A repaired novelty clock has found an owner who sees options where others see duplication.
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CITY NEWS
Mechanical Street Sweeper Collects Twelve Leaves and One Entire Scarf
The autumn cleaning programme has confirmed that scarves are larger than expected debris.
CITY NEWS
Pumpkin Competition Ends in Tie; Judges Measure Stem Curvature
Two enormous pumpkins have forced Copper Market to discover how seriously it takes vegetables.
CITY NEWS
Night Watch Reports Bell With No Rope; Bell Reports Nothing
A newly installed decorative bell briefly entered an official incident log by existing too convincingly.
CITY NEWS
Friday Parcel Rush Slows When Clerk Discovers Twelve Boxes Labelled MISC
A popular description has proved less useful than its authors hoped.
CITY NEWS
Boiler Street Soup Contest Requires Written Clarification: Steam Is Not an Ingredient
Judges have amended the rules after one competitor became too literal about local identity.
TODAY IN VENTORN
WeatherLow steam over the canals
City Pressure7.3 brassmarks
Postal Service18 min delay
Copper MarketOpen · inspection at noon
Public WarningKeep clear of marked pressure valves
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICE
Foundry Lane — Evening Quiet-Hour Trial
Several workshops are testing reduced-impact work between 18:00 and 19:00.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Autumn Street Cleaning — Loose Clothing and Objects
Mechanical street sweepers are operating more frequently during the leaf-fall period.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Parcel Counters — Contents Descriptions
Postal customers should use clear, ordinary descriptions of parcel contents.
COMICS
COMICS
VENTORN – Delivery Tube No. 4
When Delivery Tube No. 4 stops without warning, Gobbs follows the smallest clue in the building — a single biscuit crumb. A lighthearted Ventorn mystery about machines, mistakes…
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DISCOVER VENTORN
Discover the World of Ventorn
Ventorn is an original fictional steampunk world for children and families, filled with stories, characters, comics and mechanical inventions.
Explore the city, meet its inhabitants and discover new stories from the world of Ventorn.
CLASSIFIEDS
LOST & FOUND
LOST: Brown Leather Glove
Single right-hand glove lost somewhere between Bell Street and Paper Lane.
PRICE / REWARD 3 brass coins.
GAZETTE BOX C-144
FOR SALE
FOR SALE: Small Cast-Iron Stove
Compact room stove in working order; buyer must arrange transport.
PRICE / REWARD 24 brass coins.
GAZETTE BOX C-149
WANTED
WANTED: Copies of Last Month’s Gazette
Seeking clean September Gazette issues for a school clipping project.
PRICE / REWARD 1 brass coin per complete issue.
GAZETTE BOX C-148
JOBS
HELP WANTED: Evening Tea-Room Server
Evening serving work three nights per week near Lantern Row.
PRICE / REWARD 7 brass coins per shift plus meal.
GAZETTE BOX C-141
SERVICES
SERVICES: Kitchen Knife Handle Replacement
Simple wooden handles replaced on ordinary kitchen knives with sound blades.
PRICE / REWARD From 3 brass coins plus material.
GAZETTE BOX C-145
TO LET
TO LET: Market Storage Bin
Lockable waist-high storage bin available close to Copper Market.
PRICE / REWARD 4 brass coins per week.
GAZETTE BOX C-147
