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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 Monday 10 October 1921 Page 1 of 1 ‹ Previous issueWhole issueNext issue ›

Weather: overcastPrice 20 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

Quast Brewery lists on the Vellmar Exchange as QUY

Vellmar, 4 October 1921

Quast Brewery lists on the Vellmar Exchange as QUY. Vellmar.

Vellmar (from our correspondent). Quast Brewery lists on the Vellmar Exchange as QUY. Dealing was brisk and the first price was called as the lamps were lit.

The company's books are kept at Vellmar and may be inspected by shareholders on application at the registered office between 10 and 3 o'clock.

Concerning: The Vellmar Exchange, Quast Brewery.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

SergeantTobias Brenn, of VellmarThe 2nd Marsh Regimentkilled in action10 October 1921
CorporalSigmund Quast, of FurtauThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action6 October 1921

Official. Enquiries to the Records Office.

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

The Assembly

The Assembly did not sit.

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

The Courts

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 6 October 1921. The Crown v. Ostrand. Concerning theft of forty barrels of wine. Ruling: bound over. Gallery thin.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 4 October 1921. Kaltz v. Brenn. Concerning an unpaid debt of 1192 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. Gallery full.

The Market

Markets steady. Iron shares steady. Prices:

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: 218 births, 88 marriages, 129 deaths. Population at the last return, 460,600.

On This Day

From our files.

116 years ago. The autumn fair opens at Sanding. 700 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

115 years ago. A cart overturns in Warden Street, Marschau. The driver, a man of Salzhafen, 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, — Your report from Vellmar is correct as far as it goes. It does not go far enough. Nobody at the market had heard a word of it. Yours, Vigilans, Brennholt.

Notices

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

Sale: bicycle, good order, Lindenmar.

Lost: gloves, Vellmar. 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.