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The Schwartzistan Herald · 24 May 1888

The bells of Kessel church are recast

Kessel, 24 May 1888

The bells of Kessel church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. The roads about Kessel were heavy at the time. One witness, a retired sergeant of the Marsh Regiments, gave the following account: 'It will be talked of at the market for a week.'

The town officers met as the lamps were lit the following day and resolved to do nothing for the present. The inn was open as usual.

Those concerned: Kessel (location); Salt Row (street).

The Grand Chancellor, Hendrik Brenn, received the report at the Chancellery without comment.

Elsewhere in this issue: A new school opens at Vellhausen with 30 pupils. The textbooks are…

The affair is much discussed in the town, and not only there.

Read the full issue of 24 May 1888. The Evening Courier's version.

From the Herald's digitised archive. Page images reproduced as printed; the text is searchable. Dates as recorded by the Ministry of Chronology.