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The Schwartzistan Herald

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The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
Digitised edition Tuesday 6 March 1906 Page 1 of 1 ‹ Previous issueWhole issueNext issue ›

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The Schwartzistan Herald

The Spring Action at the Sunk Causeway

The Reed Line, 6 March 1906

The Spring Action at the Sunk Causeway. The Reed Line.

The Spring Action at the Sunk Causeway. The 4th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. The report is the War Ministry's and this journal prints it as the Ministry sends it. The front is unchanged.

The Minister of War will make the customary statement to the Assembly. The names will be read with the year's roll.

Concerning: The 4th Marsh Regiment, The Reed Line.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

CaptainEgon Moor, of NorrhafenThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action6 March 1906
CaptainSigmund Hauk, of GrauholtThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action6 March 1906
CaptainEdvard Brenn, of KesselThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action6 March 1906
CorporalFriedl Trestfal, of HochstadtThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy fire6 March 1906the Order of the Reed
CorporalAnton Rabe, of HollstadtThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action6 March 1906the Order of the Reed
CorporalWillem Treilen, of HollstadtThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action6 March 1906
CorporalKarl Kessler, of DammseeThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action6 March 1906
LieutenantArno Voss, of WeinfeldThe 4th Marsh Regimentkilled in action6 March 1906
PrivateEgon Brenn, of FeldbrunnThe 4th Marsh Regimentkilled in action6 March 1906
PrivateEmil Hauk, of GrautalThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action6 March 1906
PrivateKurt Fenn, of HollhausenThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action6 March 1906
PrivateGregor Ostrand, of MarschauThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action6 March 1906

War Ministry roll, as issued.

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

The Assembly

The Assembly did not sit.

The Grand Chancellor, Gustav Marrow, has held office since 14 February 1902.

The Courts

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 5 March 1906. Keichba v. Keirand. Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. Gallery thin.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 5 March 1906. Folen v. Solatz. Concerning a contract for a consignment of paper not delivered. Ruling: damages of 8146 marka. Gallery thin.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 4 March 1906. The Crown v. Ehrlich. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: 8 years. Gallery thin.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 4 March 1906. Vogt v. Rusk. Concerning an unpaid debt of 3258 marka. Ruling: dismissed. Gallery thin.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 2 March 1906. The Crown v. Bitfrir. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. Court rose at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 1 March 1906. The Crown v. Trost. Concerning fraud on the War Ministry. Ruling: acquitted. Court rose at the rising of the court.

The Market

Exchange: fair for the season. Prices current:

Bread, the loaf, 16.3 pfen; beer, the litre, 24.4 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 1.4 marka; a furnished room lets at 4.91 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 2,288.10. Bank rate stands at 3.57 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 2,555,086 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Registers: Recorded this week throughout the country: 215 births, 71 marriages, 144 deaths. Population at the last return, 395,845.

On This Day

On this day.

100 years ago. The paper mill at Eisenheim burns through the night. 21 men are out of work. Report.

94 years ago. The sawmill at Reedtal burns through the night. 54 men are out of work. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl: final table.

The League of 1905 was won by Tarnmund Lake. Full table.

Tarnmund Lake122
Marschau Garrison95
Vellmar Wardens95
Ostrabruck Bridge86
Hollstadt Workers77
Grauburg Fortress59
Norrwick Printers410
Kessel Iron212

Correspondence

Sir, — Your report from The Reed Line is correct as far as it goes. It does not go far enough. Nobody at the market had heard a word of it. Yours, An Old Subscriber, Eisenheim.

Notices

Wanted: boy for the office. Sudfurt Ordnance Works, Sudfurt.

For sale: bar iron, rails, chain and castings to pattern. Kerben Foundry, Eisenheim.

Found, a dog, Vellmar. Apply this office.

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Schwartzistan Herald. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

From the Herald's digitised archive. Page images reproduced as printed; the text is searchable. Dates as recorded by the Ministry of Chronology.