CITY NEWS
Workshop Inventor Demonstrates Self-Leveling Tray; Tea Remains Level, Biscuits Do Not
A clever mechanism has solved exactly half of a refreshments problem.
CITY NEWS
Memorial Flower Carts Arrive Before Dawn; One Cart Contains Only Empty Vases
Remembrance flower sellers received one cart full of vases and no flowers after two deliveries took different routes before dawn.
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CITY NEWS
Thursday Wind Blows Gazette Pages Through Market; Readers Continue Article in Wrong Order
An unsecured newspaper stack created an experimental form of journalism.
CITY NEWS
City Fountain Shut for Leaf Clearing; Children Submit Replacement Design
Routine autumn cleaning has inspired an ambitious plan involving significantly more fountains.
CITY NEWS
Postal Bird No. 7 Returns with Acorn in Message Capsule
The Postal Service is investigating a delivery item that was neither posted nor requested.
CITY NEWS
Clockmaker Finds Tiny Leaf Inside Pocket Watch; Owner Blames October
A stopped watch has been repaired after autumn entered a mechanism without permission.
CITY NEWS
First Frost Silvers East Gate; One Brass Handrail Becomes Popular
A cold morning has increased public appreciation for a sun-warmed piece of metal.
TODAY IN VENTORN
WeatherLow steam over the canals
City Pressure8.3 brassmarks
Postal Service4 min delay
Copper MarketOpen · steady trade
Public WarningDo not block workshop ventilation grilles
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICE
Autumn Lantern Walk — Route and Safety
The evening lantern walk will use Bell Street, Lantern Row and East Gate before the late service bell.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Delivery Capsules — Foreign Objects
Postal message capsules should contain only approved messages and authorised inserts.
PUBLIC NOTICE
First Frost — Steps and Handrails
Early frost may make shaded metal and stone surfaces slippery before midday.
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…
PLAY
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
FOUND: Black Wool Cap Near Memorial Wall
Plain black wool cap found near the old memorial wall after Sunday morning.
PRICE / REWARD Not applicable.
GAZETTE BOX C-182
FOR SALE
FOR SALE: Pair of Wool-Lined Boots
Warm leather boots with wool lining, used but dry and recently resoled.
PRICE / REWARD 14 brass coins.
GAZETTE BOX C-180
WANTED
WANTED: Small Brass Hot-Water Bottle Stopper
Replacement threaded stopper wanted for an old brass hot-water bottle.
PRICE / REWARD Up to 3 brass coins.
GAZETTE BOX C-181
JOBS
HELP WANTED: Winter Window Draught Checker
Temporary household inspection work identifying obvious window draughts.
PRICE / REWARD Paid per completed household visit.
GAZETTE BOX C-177
SERVICES
SERVICES: Door Draught Sealing
Simple felt and strip sealing for cold household doors and interior stairwells.
PRICE / REWARD From 3 brass coins.
GAZETTE BOX C-183
TO LET
TO LET: Covered Yard Corner for Bicycle
One dry covered bicycle space available off Bell Street.
PRICE / REWARD 2 brass coins per week.
GAZETTE BOX C-165
