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The Evening Courier
Vellmar · Monday, 27 June 1921 · No. 18,194 · Editor: Karl Hallin · Late edition
Around the country · Oberbach · 27 June 1921
Electric light is switched on in the market square at Oberbach.
EXCLUSIVE. Electric light is switched on in the market square at Oberbach. The whole town came to look. The Courier can reveal no more tonight.
In the story: Oberbach, Well Row.
The Grand Chancellor, Bruno Fiechdon, was not available to the Courier tonight.
Around the country · Oberholt
A crowd of 4,000 watches the Pfahl match at Oberholt
A crowd of 4,000 watches the Pfahl match at Oberholt. There are 46 arrests. You read it here first. In the story: Oberholt, Bridge Street.
Around the country · Weinau
The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Weinau
The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Weinau. Cellars in High Street are flooded. Details inside. In the story: Weinau, High Street.
Around the country · Oberholt
A new wing opens at the Oberholt hospital, with 40 beds
A new wing opens at the Oberholt hospital, with 40 beds. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Oberholt, Lime Gate.
Around the country · Grauburg
The first train reaches Grauburg
The first train reaches Grauburg. The journey from Vellmar takes 6 hours. Details inside. In the story: Grauburg, Salt Row.
Around the country · Dammsee
A picture house opens in Printer Street, Dammsee, seating 300
A picture house opens in Printer Street, Dammsee, seating 300. More in tomorrow's Courier. In the story: Dammsee, Printer Street.
The Roll as published by the War Ministry
| Sergeant | Leon Fenn, of Tarnmund | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 23 June 1921 |
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.
24 June 1921. The Weights and Measures Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 42 votes to 13. Sets the duty at 9 pfen in the marka. Comes into force on 1 January 1922. Nobody cheered.
21 June 1921. The Teachers' Pay Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 36 votes to 25. Applies to children between 5 and 14. You will notice, or you will not.
The Regional Court of The Capital District. Kaltz v. Mistes: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. You should have seen the faces.
The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Holt v. Tolmann: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Oberholt. Ruling: for the defendant. The gallery was packed.
Money
The prices that matter.
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.
Born, wed, gone.
213 births, 76 weddings, 133 deaths this week. Population 460,600.
On this day
116 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Norrwick and fells the old lime in Orchard Street. Report.
115 years ago. The Ostra rises 20 centimetres above its mark at Oberholt. Cellars in Church Street are flooded. Report.
Sport
Pfahl. The League of 1920 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.
| Club | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Marschau Garrison | 14 | 2 |
| Tarnmund Lake | 13 | 3 |
| Hollstadt Workers | 12 | 4 |
| Reedside Athletic | 9 | 7 |
| Kessel Iron | 8 | 8 |
| Grauburg Fortress | 6 | 10 |
| Vellmar Wardens | 4 | 12 |
| Ostrabruck Bridge | 4 | 12 |
| Norrwick Printers | 2 | 14 |
The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 6 out of ten and the ferry 5.
The Stars
The Courier crossword
Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.
printing · Brennholt · since 1895 · IDS
Brennel & Sons, Printers — Brennholt — printing of handbills, notices and catalogues at short notice.
defence · Sudfurt · since 1890 · WJT
For stores and equipment under contract to the War Ministry: Sudfurt Ordnance Works, Sudfurt. Telephone the works.
railway · Salzhafen · since 1886 · GUV
Ostra Valley Line, Salzhafen: passenger and goods traffic at the published fares. Ask your dealer.
construction · Vellmar · since 1910 · EVW
For building work, drainage and pile-driving undertaken: Brenn & Gilhor, Masons, Vellmar. Telephone the works.
printing · Wasserdorf · since 1874 · UVK
Wasserdorf Press — Wasserdorf — licensed almanacs, account books and forms of every description.
trading · Weinfeld · since 1906 · KPC
Brenn Import — Weinfeld — salt fish, peat and cordage.