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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Eisenheim, 8 June 1921, after. You can tell which. The harvest at Eisenheim is reported good. Grain is 8 pfen the measure.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateFriedl Hengbuff, of OberholtThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy fire7 June 1921
CorporalOskar Wendl, of TarnhausenThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy fire5 June 1921
PrivateKonrad Hallin, of WeinhausenThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action2 June 1921

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

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

8 June 1921. The Public Health Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 55 votes to 7. Every town above 2000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. You will notice, or you will not.

8 June 1921. The Vagrancy Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 39 votes to 22. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 2255 marka or 5 months. Nobody cheered.

7 June 1921. The Apprentices (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 45 votes to 18. Applies to children between 5 and 15. Comes into force on 1 January 1922. It changes An Act for the Better Improvement of Apprentices. It took them all afternoon.

2 June 1921. The Eisenheim Tramway Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 58 votes to 3. Provides 132594 marka for works between Eisenheim and Sudfurt. Nobody cheered.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Hallin: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: returned to the regiment. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Rusk: Concerning theft of twelve mules. Ruling: acquitted. The gallery was full.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 39.8 pfen the loaf. Beer 59.6 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 40.06 marka. A room costs 29.82 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.

Born, wed, gone.

229 births, 79 weddings, 114 deaths this week. Population 460,600.

On this day

116 years ago. A fire in Weaver Square at Tarnmoor destroys 4 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. Report.

116 years ago. The summer fair opens at Weinwick. 200 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. 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 A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.
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 An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.
Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Solution in tomorrow's Courier. The setter is not responsible for the Grand Chancellor's name being awkward. 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.