The EveningCourier
Wednesday 23 September 2026Vellmar Mean Time
LatestThe front line is at the Reed Line. No change.The Front ›
Digitised edition Wednesday 19 January 1921 Page 1 of 1 ‹ Previous issueWhole issueNext issue ›

fine · VellmarOne pfen

The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 15 January 1921, this afternoon. The Courier's camera was there. Grauholt Stores lists on the Vellmar Exchange as VST.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateArno Kesselring, of NorrwickThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy fire18 January 1921
PrivateKarl Gienar, of HollstadtThe 5th Marsh Regimentenemy action15 January 1921

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.

17 January 1921. The Prisons Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 53 votes to 9. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 451 marka or 21 months. You will notice, or you will not.

17 January 1921. The Examinations Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 57 votes to 2. Applies to children between 5 and 14. Nobody cheered.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. W. T.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Vellmar. Ruling: fined 198 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. The Crown v. Lenz: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: returned to the regiment. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Hirsch: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 2 months. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Wendl v. Marrow: Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: apology ordered. The Courier was there.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 39.8 pfen the loaf. Beer 59.6 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 4.01 marka. A room costs 14.02 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 4,425. Bank rate 7.1 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 6,872,270 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

206 births, 67 weddings, 129 deaths this week. Population 460,600.

On this day

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

107 years ago. The harvest at Salzhafen is reported the best in memory. Grain is 7 pfen the measure. 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 Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.
Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.
Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces Sleep early on Friday. 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.