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City Office Receives 27 Whistling Complaints; Only Nine Are Official
The City Office spent an afternoon identifying whistles, warning tones, musicians, children and one extremely emotional kettle.
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Latest reports, incidents and everyday peculiarities from across the City of Ventorn.
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Delivery Tube No. 4 Closed After Biscuit Crumb Raises Serious Questions
Postal engineers have closed Delivery Tube No. 4 for inspection after a message capsule arrived with evidence of unauthorised snacking.
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East Market Fountain Runs Warm; Tea Merchant Told It Is Not “Municipal Hot Water”
A warm fountain has attracted engineers, cold-handed traders and one tea merchant with entrepreneurial instincts.
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Public Bench Removed After Squeak Becomes Higher-Pitched When Oiled
A Copper Market bench has been taken away after repairs made its squeak quieter for six minutes and then noticeably more ambitious.
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Missing Delivery Cart Found Three Districts Away After Completing Route Nobody Gave It
A missing mechanical delivery cart has been found after apparently inventing a much longer route for itself.
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Bell Street Disappears in Steam; Bakery Continues Trading by Shouting Directions
Bell Street vanished inside a cloud of steam for eight minutes. One bakery refused to let this affect business.
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Three Illegal Pressure Kettles Confiscated; One Has Lever Marked “MORE”
Market inspectors have confiscated three modified kettles after determining that tea preparation does not require this many valves.
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Workshop Inspection Ends Early After Machine Demonstrates Enough
A routine safety inspection concluded ahead of schedule after an experimental machine answered a question nobody should have asked.
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Missing Mechanical Postal Bird Returns After Six Days and Resumes Work Without Explanation
A missing copper Postal Service bird has returned intact after six days, with an empty letter cylinder and a route record that explains almost nothing.
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Clockmaker Fined After Clock Rings Thirty-One Times; Clock Reportedly “Deeply Embarrassed”
A Bell Street clockmaker is appealing a fine after a midnight clock performed nineteen more chimes than strictly necessary.
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Forty-Three Brass Buttons Found in Drain; Eleven People Claim “The Shiny One”
A blocked Copper Market drain produced forty-three buttons, three washers, half a toy wheel and a sudden public interest in lost property.
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Old Pump Walkway Reopens; Engineers Find Six Bolts, One Bracket and a Teaspoon
The Old Pump Walkway is open again after inspection crews removed several loose fittings and one object nobody can explain.
