A licensed printer at Grauburg surrenders an almanac found in a wall during renovations.…

A licensed printer at Grauburg surrenders an almanac found in a wall during renovations. The Ministry of Chronology declines to describe its contents. Among those questioned is a T. Wendl. The matter came before the Court of Chronological Offences, whose ruling is in the Law Reports.^[1]

Those concerned

• The Crown v. T. W. (prosecution)
• The Ministry of Chronology (actor)
• Thomas Wendl (questioned)
• Grauburg (location)

Place

Grauburg (town), Kesselhöh.

Grand Chancellor at the time: Thomas Fenn. The Grand Chancellor of the day is given for reference; the Chancellery's roll fixes the dates.

Background

• 21 August 1999: A priest at Berging takes down a dying man's account of a long walk east. The priest is transferred.
• 7 July 1996: A gravestone at Weinwick is found to bear a year that does not exist. The stone is replaced at the Ministry's expense.
• 25 January 1994: A priest at Brennholt takes down a dying man's account of a long walk east. The priest is transferred.
• 15 February 1991: A licensed printer at Lindenmar surrenders an almanac found in a wall during renovations. The Ministry of Chronology declines to describe its contents.
• 20 January 1989: A gravestone at Sudfurt is found to bear a year that does not exist. The stone is replaced at the Ministry's expense.

The same year at Grauburg

• 15 November 1999: A picture house opens in Mill Lane, Grauburg, seating 200.
• 12 November 1999: The harvest at Grauburg is reported the best in memory. Grain is 5 pfen the measure.
• 22 October 1999: Grauburg Ordnance Works is founded at Grauburg by Katja Hallin.
• 21 September 1999: A new bridge is opened at Grauburg by the Minister of the Interior. It has 6 arches.
• 10 September 1999: A picture house opens in Forge Street, Grauburg, seating 800.
• 21 August 1999: A new school opens at Grauburg with 70 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's.
• 5 July 1999: The summer fair opens at Grauburg. 600 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm.
• 3 July 1999: The tannery at Grauburg burns through the night. 5 men are out of work.

Aftermath

• 23 May 2000: The Court of Chronological Offences rules in The Crown v. T. W.: fined and the item sealed.
• 2 October 2000: A four-digit number appears overnight on the Vellhausen market cross. It is removed before dawn. Three people are questioned.
• 7 August 2002: A page of a soldier's journal, undated but describing grass, is found in a Vellmar bookbinder's stock. It is seized.
• 14 September 2005: A bundle of letters postmarked in a year that does not exist is handed in at Grauholt by an executor. The executor is thanked and charged. Among those questioned is a K. Wendl.
• 8 October 2005: A clock face at Weinwick is found to carry an unlicensed year on its calendar dial. The clockmaker's licence is revoked.
• 5 April 2006: A four-digit number appears overnight on the Hollhausen market cross. It is removed before dawn. Three people are questioned.
• 18 July 2009: A licensed printer at Weinwick surrenders an almanac found in a wall during renovations. The Ministry of Chronology declines to describe its contents.
• 23 December 2011: A school register at Sudfurt lists a class of children born in a year that does not exist. The teacher is retired.

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