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The Evening Courier

sport · Vellmar · 18 November 1921

Hollstadt Workers win the Pfahl League, their 2nd title, with 13 wins from…

Hollstadt Workers win the Pfahl League, their 2nd title, with 13 wins from 16. Ernst Brenn of Reedside Athletic is top scorer with 19 stakes. Nobody stayed indoors. The Courier's man on the bank rates the stake-men 5 out of ten. You read it here first.

Named: The Pfahl League (league), Hollstadt Workers (champion), Ernst Brenn (top scorer).

The Grand Chancellor, Bruno Fiechdon, was not available to the Courier tonight.

Our picture: Vellmar, 18 November 1921, the crowd. Spot yourself. Hollstadt Workers win the Pfahl League, their 2nd title, with 13 wins from 16. Ernst Brenn of Reedside Athletic is top…

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateWillem Dossek, of OberbachThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy fire15 November 1921

As issued by the War Ministry. The Courier adds nothing.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

Courts and Assembly

The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.

12 November 1921. The Wine Excise (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 53 votes to 19. Sets the duty at 1 pfen in the marka. It changes The Wine Excise Regulation Act. It took them all afternoon.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Ehrlich v. Brenn: Concerning smoke from a tannery at Tarnmoor. Ruling: damages of 1192 marka. You should have seen the faces.

Money

The prices that matter.

Bread 39.8 pfen the loaf. Beer 59.6 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 40.06 marka. A room costs 29.82 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.

207 births, 92 weddings, 121 deaths this week. Population 460,600.

On this day

115 years ago. Oberholt marks the 600th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Garrison Square. Report.

108 years ago. The tannery at Kessel burns through the night. 36 men are out of work. Report.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1921 went to Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

ClubWL
Hollstadt Workers133
Marschau Garrison124
Reedside Athletic97
Tarnmund Lake88
Ostrabruck Bridge88
Grauburg Fortress79
Kessel Iron610
Vellmar Wardens511
Norrwick Printers412

Player of the season, says the Courier: whoever planted the last stake. Ten out of ten.

18 November 1921. Hollstadt Workers win the Pfahl League, their 2nd title, with 13 wins from 16. Ernst Brenn of Reedside Athletic is top scorer with 19 stakes. Sport report.

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.
Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
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.