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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Sudfurt, 22 October 1921, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Brenn Life is wound up. 252 jobs are lost at Sudfurt.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

CorporalPaul Holt, of VellmarThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy fire19 October 1921
CorporalBruno Fussmies, of VellmarThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy fire17 October 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

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

21 October 1921. The Grain Duties Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 37 votes to 25. Sets the duty at 10 pfen in the marka. Nobody cheered.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Kaltz: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: returned to the regiment. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Butzing v. Hallin: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: apology ordered. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Marrow v. Kessler: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Fenn v. Kellner: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Klanholt: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 198 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Weittrunn v. Moor: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Tarnmund. Ruling: boundary fixed at the old ditch. The Courier was there.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

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.

214 births, 91 weddings, 114 deaths this week. Population 460,600.

On this day

111 years ago. The Ostra rises 60 centimetres above its mark at Sanding. Cellars in Harbour Square are flooded. Report.

100 years ago. The autumn fair opens at Grauburg. 800 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. 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 You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.
Taurus The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.
Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
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

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.