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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Grauholt, 6 November 1920, the crowd. Spot yourself. The Ostra rises 80 centimetres above its mark at Grauholt. Cellars in Cooper Lane are flooded.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

CorporalEdvard Marsch, of OstrabruckThe 1st Marsh Regimentenemy action3 November 1920
SergeantHugo Fenn, of GrauburgThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action3 November 1920

As issued by the War Ministry. The Courier adds nothing.

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

Courts and Assembly

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

4 November 1920. The Turnpikes Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 33 votes to 6. Provides 176512 marka for works between Weinwick and Sanding. You will notice, or you will not.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. H. N.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in print. Ruling: 11 months. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Hallin: Concerning assault at Weinfeld. Ruling: 12 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Brundwitz v. Wasek: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: for the plaintiff, 170 marka. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

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.

Born, wed, gone.

213 births, 90 weddings, 136 deaths this week. Population 456,397.

On this day

111 years ago. The bells of Sudholt church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. Report.

110 years ago. A cart overturns in Ferry Square, Reedtal. The driver, a man of Norrbruck, is taken to hospital. Report.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1920 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison142
Tarnmund Lake133
Hollstadt Workers124
Reedside Athletic97
Kessel Iron88
Grauburg Fortress610
Vellmar Wardens412
Ostrabruck Bridge412
Norrwick Printers214

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 6 out of ten and the ferry 5.

The Stars

Aries You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.
Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.
Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.
Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Clues marked Across run left to right; the rest run down. Solution in tomorrow's Courier. Entries with a licensed calendar reference are void. 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.