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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Reedtal, 24 December 1921, this morning. The Courier's camera was there. A cart overturns in Ferry Row, Reedtal. The driver, a man of Eisenheim, is taken to hospital.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

No names this week. Good.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

18 December 1921. The Road Traffic Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 22. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 45 marka. Comes into force on 1 January 1922. It took them all afternoon.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. O. V.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Weinwick. Ruling: 14 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Kuren: Concerning assault at Brennholt. Ruling: fined 2982 marka. You should have seen the faces.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

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.

198 births, 85 weddings, 127 deaths this week. Population 460,600.

On this day

109 years ago. The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Eisenheim. Cellars in School Way are flooded. Report.

102 years ago. The Ostra rises 80 centimetres above its mark at Grautal. Cellars in Warden Street are flooded. 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 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 Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces Sleep early on Friday. 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.