The Schwartzistan Herald, 4 May 1920

A four-digit number appears overnight on the Dammsee market cross

Dammsee, 30 April 1920

Dammsee, late last night. A four-digit number appears overnight on the Dammsee market cross. It is removed before dawn. Three people are questioned. The Ministry reminds the public of its duty under the Act. The town was quiet by evening.

Officers of the Ministry of Chronology were present in the body of the court and left with the item under seal.

Concerning: The Crown v. O. R., The Ministry of Chronology, Otto Reinholt, Dammsee.

Gas lighting is installed in Salt Quay, Sanding

Sanding, 4 May 1920

Gas lighting is installed in Salt Quay, Sanding. Residents complain of the smell and the brightness. The roads about Sanding were heavy at the time. Speaking to this journal, a carter who declined to give his name said: 'It will be talked of at the market for a week.'

Concerning: Sanding, Salt Quay.

A new bridge is opened at Sudfurt by the Minister of the Interior

Sudfurt, 30 April 1920

A new bridge is opened at Sudfurt by the Minister of the Interior. It has 4 arches. a knot of onlookers gathered in the street and dispersed a little after 8 in the morning, the causeway being under a hand's depth of water. We have it from the driver of the carrier's cart that the affair was much as described.

Concerning: Sudfurt, Salt Way.

Workers at the paper mill in Dammberg stop work over wages

Dammberg, 29 April 1920

Workers at the paper mill in Dammberg stop work over wages. The dispute lasts 5 days. A carter who declined to give his name said: 'We heard it from the far bank and thought it was the ferry.' Later: no change.

Concerning: Dammberg, Old Gate Street.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No names this week.

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

The Assembly

2 May 1920. The Sunday Observance Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 39 votes to 23. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 896 marka or 17 months. The House rose as the lamps were lit.

1 May 1920. The Prisons Regulation Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 40 votes to 19. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 22 marka or 23 months. The House rose at about half past 11.

30 April 1920. The Brennholt Sunday Observance Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 41 votes to 19. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 22 marka or 16 months. The House rose late in the forenoon.

28 April 1920. The Electricity (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 16. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 448 marka. Comes into force on 1 January 1921. It amends The Electricity Act. The House rose late in the forenoon.

The Grand Chancellor, Bruno Fiechdon, has held office since 20 October 1919.

The Courts

The High Court, 2 May 1920. Brenn v. Marrow. Concerning smoke from a distillery at Norrwick. Ruling: dismissed. Judgment at the rising of the court.

The Court of Chronological Offences, 30 April 1920. The Crown v. B. A.. Concerning assertion of the unyear in print. Ruling: 16 months. Court rose at half past 2 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 4 May 1920. Kullen v. Kessler. Concerning an unpaid debt of 170 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. Court rose at half past 2 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 2 May 1920. Brenn v. Lenz. Concerning smoke from a tannery at Sanding. Ruling: damages of 170 marka. Court rose shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 1 May 1920. The Crown v. Kaunen. Concerning theft of forty barrels of wine. Ruling: 9 months. Judgment at half past 3 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 1 May 1920. The Crown v. Brenn. Concerning theft of forty barrels of wine. Ruling: acquitted. Court rose late in the afternoon sitting.

The Market

Markets quiet. Gas shares down. Prices:

Bread, the loaf, 34.1 pfen; beer, the litre, 51.2 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 3.4 marka; a furnished room lets at 11.89 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 3,878.50. Bank rate stands at 6.98 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 5,722,542 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Registrar's return for the week: Recorded this week throughout the country: 206 births, 87 marriages, 133 deaths. Population at the last return, 456,397.

Deaths

Konrad Isker, factory worker, born at Vellmar on 6 March 1852, died 28 April 1920. Colonel of the 1st Marsh Regiment. factory worker, of Vellmar. Funeral private.

On This Day

On this day.

112 years ago. A fire in Well Lane at Hochstadt destroys 5 houses. The fire company attend. No lives are lost. Report.

111 years ago. The coldest night in 50 years is recorded at Oberbach. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

Pfahl

League table, as published.

The League of 1919 was won by Marschau Garrison. Full table.

Marschau Garrison	15	1
Reedside Athletic	10	6
Tarnmund Lake	9	7
Ostrabruck Bridge	8	8
Kessel Iron	7	9
Hollstadt Workers	6	10
Grauburg Fortress	6	10
Norrwick Printers	6	10
Vellmar Wardens	5	11

Correspondence

Sir, — Is it too much to ask that the clocks at Brennholt should agree with one another? Yours, A Subscriber since the Founding, Sudfurt.

Notices

Wanted, hands for the printing works, Brennholt. Apply Brennel & Sons, Printers.

To let: room, Dammsee, 11.89 marka month. Box at this office.

Found, a purse, Sanding. Apply this office.