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The Evening Courier

Vellmar · Wednesday, 23 June 1920 · No. 17,825 · Editor: Karl Hallin · Late edition

Our picture: Sanding, 19 June 1920, tonight. The Courier's camera was there. Kesselhöh Iron Company is wound up. 184 jobs are lost at Sanding.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

CorporalBruno Kaunen, of KesselThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action23 June 1920
PrivateErnst Rusk, of TarnmoorThe 1st Marsh Regimentenemy action19 June 1920

The Courier prints the Ministry's roll as the Ministry sends it. The Line holds.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

Courts and Assembly

The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.

20 June 1920. The War Widows Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. It took them all afternoon.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. A. M.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Hollstadt. Ruling: 6 months. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning fraud on the Bank of Schwartzistan. Ruling: acquitted. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Marsch: Concerning assault at Wasserdorf. Ruling: 5 months. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: 2 years. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Wendl: Concerning fraud on the Bank of Schwartzistan. Ruling: 8 years. The gallery was full.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

Bread 34.1 pfen the loaf. Beer 51.2 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 3.4 marka. A room costs 11.89 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 3,878.50. Bank rate 6.98 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 5,722,542 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

214 births, 78 weddings, 124 deaths this week. Population 456,397.

On this day

115 years ago. The harvest at Weinfeld is reported late. Grain is 4 pfen the measure. Report.

112 years ago. The Ostra rises 40 centimetres above its mark at Weinwick. Cellars in Salt Street are flooded. Report.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1919 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison151
Reedside Athletic106
Tarnmund Lake97
Ostrabruck Bridge88
Kessel Iron79
Hollstadt Workers610
Grauburg Fortress610
Norrwick Printers610
Vellmar Wardens511

The Courier's verdict on the season: long. Table below.

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini Two invitations for the same evening. Take the nearer.
Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.
Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.
Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.
Capricorn The Ministry writes. Write back.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Sleep early on Wednesday. You will need it.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Evening Courier. One pfen. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

From the Courier's digitised back issues, every evening since 4 September 1871. Reproduced as printed.