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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Hagenkirchen, 23 September 1921, this morning. The Courier's camera was there. Hagenkirchen Motor Works is wound up. 836 jobs are lost at Hagenkirchen.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

CorporalEgon Hallin, of OberholtThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy fire24 September 1921
MajorViktor Brenn, of HollstadtThe 1st Marsh Regimentenemy action22 September 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.

23 September 1921. The Firearms (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 44 votes to 17. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 2255 marka or 4 months. It changes An Act for the Better Licensing of Firearms. Nobody cheered.

The High Court. Stiegl v. Wendl: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Hasser v. Tarn: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Weinau. Ruling: for the plaintiff. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. The Crown v. Tresel: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 7952 marka. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Dill: Concerning assault at Hochstadt. Ruling: fined 1192 marka. 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.

Born, wed, gone.

209 births, 94 weddings, 133 deaths this week. Population 460,600.

On this day

116 years ago. A fire in Bridge Street at Sandfeld destroys 2 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. Report.

110 years ago. The harvest at Salzhafen is reported good. Grain is 6 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 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 Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.
Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.
Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
Libra The scales tip your way on Tuesday.
Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Sleep early on Wednesday. You will need it.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Clues marked Across run left to right; the rest run down. Solution in tomorrow's Courier. Entries with a licensed calendar reference are void. 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.