A four-digit number appears overnight on the Vellhausen market cross. It is removed…
leak · 2 October 2000 · Vellhausen
A four-digit number appears overnight on the Vellhausen market cross. It is removed before dawn. Three people are questioned. The Encyclopedia takes the account from the press of the day and from the returns of the offices concerned.[1]
Those concerned
- The Crown v. D. M. (prosecution)
- The Ministry of Chronology (actor)
- Dieter Marrow (questioned)
- Vellhausen (location)
Place
Vellhausen (town), Kesselhöh.
Grand Chancellor at the time: Lukas Marsch. The Grand Chancellor of the day is given for reference; the Chancellery's roll fixes the dates.
Background
- 19 December 1999: 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.
- 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.
The same year at Vellhausen
- 7 November 2000: A new wing opens at the Vellhausen hospital, with 40 beds.
- 8 August 2000: Vellhausen Press is declared bankrupt. 610 jobs are lost at Vellhausen.
- 6 December 2000: A new wing opens at the Vellhausen hospital, with 70 beds.
- 4 May 2000: A new wing opens at the Vellhausen hospital, with 70 beds.
- 1 May 2000: A new school opens at Vellhausen with 40 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's.
- 17 April 2000: Brenn Foundry is wound up. 177 jobs are lost at Vellhausen.
- 12 February 2000: A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Vellhausen so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public.
- 8 January 2000: Electric light is switched on in the market square at Vellhausen.
Aftermath
- 20 January 2001: The Court of Chronological Offences rules in The Crown v. D. M.: 4 years.
- 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.
- 3 December 2012: 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 B. Wendl.
References
- ^ “A four-digit number appears overnight on the Vellhausen market cross. It is removed before dawn. Three people are questioned.” The Schwartzistan Herald. 2 October 2000. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
- The Schwartzistan Herald, full issue of 2 October 2000. Compare The Evening Courier of the same day.