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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Oberholt, 10 June 1921, the crowd. Spot yourself. Piped water reaches Lime Gate, Oberholt. The old pump is retained by public request.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

SergeantSigmund Weller, of GraukirchenThe 3rd Marsh Regimentkilled in action10 June 1921
PrivateFriedl Hengbuff, of OberholtThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy fire7 June 1921
CorporalOskar Wendl, of TarnhausenThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy fire5 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.

10 June 1921. The Public Health Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 51 votes to 19. Every town above 2000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Comes into force on 1 January 1922. You will notice, or you will not.

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.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Rusk: Concerning fraud on the Bank of Schwartzistan. Ruling: 8 years. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Karhack v. Durhardt: Concerning smoke from a foundry at Berging. Ruling: injunction granted. The Courier was there.

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

The prices that matter.

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.

The week in the registers.

220 births, 85 weddings, 129 deaths this week. Population 460,600.

On this day

114 years ago. The Ostra rises 40 centimetres above its mark at Brennholt. Cellars in Tanner Street are flooded. Report.

106 years ago. The bells of Tarnmund church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. 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 A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
Gemini Two invitations for the same evening. Take the nearer.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.
Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

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.