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The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
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Vellmar, bright, coldPrice 20 pfen

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Wendl Mill Company is founded at Vellmar by Oskar Wendl

Vellmar, 18 April 1921

Wendl Mill Company is founded at Vellmar by Oskar Wendl. Vellmar.

Wendl Mill Company is founded at Vellmar by Oskar Wendl. Trade in Vellmar took the news quietly; the yards were quiet by the afternoon.

Those in the trade at Vellmar spoke of the matter freely. A peat cutter on his way home observed that a counting-house is a counting-house whoever's name is over the door.

Concerning: Wendl Mill Company, Oskar Wendl.

The bells of Sandfeld church are recast

Sandfeld, 22 April 1921

The bells of Sandfeld church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. Business in Sandfeld went on as usual through the afternoon. Speaking to this journal, a schoolmaster who happened to be passing said: 'Nobody wanted to be the first to say anything.'

Concerning: Sandfeld, Garrison Street.

Piped water reaches Long Row, Reedtal

Reedtal, 22 April 1921

Reedtal, this morning. Piped water reaches Long Row, Reedtal. The old pump is retained by public request. We have it from a retired sergeant of the Marsh Regiments that the affair was noisier than the report suggests.

Concerning: Reedtal, Long Row.

The spring fair opens at Sudfurt

Sudfurt, 17 April 1921

The spring fair opens at Sudfurt. 700 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. The driver of the carrier's cart said: 'I said at the time it would come to this.' More follows.

Concerning: Sudfurt, Cooper Row.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No names this week.

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

The Assembly

Assembly: not sitting.

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

The Courts

The Court of Chronological Offences, 20 April 1921. The Crown v. L. P.. Concerning assertion of the unyear in print. Ruling: 4 years and the press forfeit. Gallery full.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 22 April 1921. Birk v. Hallin. Concerning the estate of the late Hallin. Ruling: will set aside. Judgment shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 22 April 1921. Brenn v. Neitzvaur. Concerning smoke from a gasworks at Norrbruck. Ruling: dismissed. Court rose shortly after noon.

The Market

Exchange: fair for the season. Prices current:

Bread, the loaf, 39.8 pfen; beer, the litre, 59.6 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 4.01 marka; a furnished room lets at 14.02 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 4,425. Bank rate stands at 7.1 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 6,872,270 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Registers: Recorded this week throughout the country: 210 births, 92 marriages, 123 deaths. Population at the last return, 460,600.

Deaths

Jorn Kaltz, tailor, born at Tarnmund on 13 August 1851, died 22 April 1921. Member of the Assembly. Late of Tarnmund. The funeral takes place at the parish church. No flowers, by request.

On This Day

On this day.

108 years ago. A cart overturns in Mill Street, Weinfeld. The driver, a man of Weinfeld, is taken to hospital. Report.

99 years ago. A cart overturns in Garrison Square, Norrhafen. The driver, a man of Weinwick, is taken to hospital. Report.

Pfahl

League table, as published.

The League of 1920 was won by Marschau Garrison. Full table.

Marschau Garrison142
Tarnmund Lake133
Hollstadt Workers124
Reedside Athletic97
Kessel Iron88
Grauburg Fortress610
Vellmar Wardens412
Ostrabruck Bridge412
Norrwick Printers214

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: boy for the office. Ostra Valley Line, Salzhafen.

To let: room, Vellmar, 14.02 marka month. Box at this office.

Found, a dog, Sandfeld. 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.

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