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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Wasserdorf, 11 October 1921, during. You can tell which. A fire in Garrison Street at Wasserdorf destroys 3 houses. The volunteer brigade attend. No lives are lost.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

SergeantTobias Brenn, of VellmarThe 2nd Marsh Regimentkilled in action10 October 1921
CorporalSigmund Quast, of FurtauThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action6 October 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.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. E. U.: Concerning possession of an unyear record (a bundle of letters). Ruling: 6 months and forfeiture. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Ostrand: Concerning theft of forty barrels of wine. Ruling: bound over. 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.

The week in the registers.

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

On this day

112 years ago. The Ostra rises 80 centimetres above its mark at Oberbach. Cellars in Well Row are flooded. Report.

109 years ago. A fire in Vine Lane at Sanding destroys 5 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. 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 Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.
Capricorn The Ministry writes. Write back.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

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.