CITY NEWS
City Gardeners Plant Winter Cabbages; One Bed Already Labelled ‘Experimental’ by Child
An unofficial sign has created expectations the vegetables did not request.
CITY DESK
CITY OF VENTORN
Daily reports, official notices, small advertisements and the ordinary mechanical complications of life in Ventorn.
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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Foundry Lane Tests Quiet Hammering Hour; Nobody Agrees What Quiet Hammering Is
A neighbourly workshop experiment encountered a problem of definition.
CITY NEWS
Monday Market Scales Inspected; One Is Accurate Only When Nobody Is Looking
A sticky needle has encouraged several traders to assign personality to a weighing instrument.
CITY NEWS
Orwin’s Measuring Tape Retracts Across Workshop and Rings Tea Spoon
A harmless tool malfunction has produced one precise note and several unnecessary experiments.
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
Mechanical Street Sweeper Collects Twelve Leaves and One Entire Scarf
The autumn cleaning programme has confirmed that scarves are larger than expected debris.
TODAY IN VENTORN
WeatherPatchy chimney cloud
City Pressure7.1 brassmarks
Postal Service4 min delay
Copper MarketOpen
Public WarningDo not test public whistles after dusk
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.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Workshop Fire Buckets — Keep Available
Designated fire buckets must remain empty, clean and immediately available for emergency use.
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
