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The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
Digitised edition Friday 6 August 1920 Page 1 of 1 ‹ Previous issueWhole issueNext issue ›

Vellmar, overcastPrice 17 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

A picture house opens in Long Way, Tarnmoor, seating 800

Tarnmoor, 6 August 1920

A picture house opens in Long Way, Tarnmoor, seating 800. Tarnmoor.

A picture house opens in Long Way, Tarnmoor, seating 800. A woman selling eels at the corner said: 'We heard it from the far bank and thought it was the ferry.' Further details are awaited by wire.

The Herald's correspondent adds that the town took it calmly.

Concerning: Tarnmoor, Long Way.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

LieutenantBruno Nagel, of HagenbergThe 5th Marsh Regimentenemy fire5 August 1920
PrivateViktor Vitzen, of LindenhausenThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action5 August 1920
CaptainAnton Hallin, of OstrabruckThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy fire3 August 1920
LieutenantAnton Wendl, of TarnmundThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy action1 August 1920
LieutenantLudwig Sarpeten, of KesselThe 1st Marsh Regimentkilled in action31 July 1920

War Ministry roll, as issued.

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

The Assembly

5 August 1920. The Regimental Colours (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. It amends The Regimental Colours (Amendment) Act. Passed without incident.

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

The Courts

The High Court, 3 August 1920. Brenn v. Klitzdor. Concerning a contract for church bells not delivered. Ruling: damages of 2557 marka. Gallery full.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 2 August 1920. Ehrlich v. Helbein. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Dammsee. Ruling: for the defendant. Court rose at half past 3 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 31 July 1920. Brenn v. Brenn. Concerning an unpaid debt of 17052 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. Court rose shortly after noon.

The Market

Markets dull. Wine shares up. 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

Registers: Recorded this week throughout the country: 224 births, 78 marriages, 137 deaths. Population at the last return, 456,397.

On This Day

From our files.

110 years ago. The summer fair opens at Sandfeld. 300 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

109 years ago. The harvest at Hollhausen is reported good. Grain is 5 pfen the measure. Report.

Pfahl

League table, as published.

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

Marschau Garrison151
Reedside Athletic106
Tarnmund Lake97
Ostrabruck Bridge88
Kessel Iron79
Hollstadt Workers610
Grauburg Fortress610
Norrwick Printers610
Vellmar Wardens511

Correspondence

Sir, — Is it too much to ask that the clocks at Brennholt should agree with one another? Yours, Paterfamilias, Hollhausen.

Notices

Wanted: clerk for Sudfurt Ordnance Works, Sudfurt. Write, stating age.

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

Lost: umbrella, Tarnmoor. Reward.

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.