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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

PrivateArno Zinbeick, of VellhausenThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action19 November 1921
PrivateWillem Dossek, of OberbachThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy fire15 November 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.

20 November 1921. The Salt Duties (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 48 votes to 17. Sets the duty at 4 pfen in the marka. Comes into force on 1 January 1922. It changes The Dammsee Salt Duties Act. It took them all afternoon.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

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.

The week in the registers.

208 births, 104 weddings, 120 deaths this week. Population 460,600.

On this day

115 years ago. The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Vellhausen. Cellars in Church Square are flooded. Report.

112 years ago. The autumn fair opens at Dammberg. 500 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. 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 Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.
Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.
Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.
Capricorn The Ministry writes. Write back.
Aquarius A stranger asks directions. Give the long way.
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.