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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Oberbach, 27 June 1921, after. You can tell which. Electric light is switched on in the market square at Oberbach.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

SergeantLeon Fenn, of TarnmundThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action23 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.

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 The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.
Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.
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 A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.
Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

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.