The Schwartzistan Herald, 22 February 2003

The Winter Action at Fog Corner

The Reed Line, 22 February 2003

The Winter Action at Fog Corner. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. The Ministry's dispatch was received at as the lamps were lit and is given above without alteration. The regiment's depot has been informed. The line holds.

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

Concerning: The 1st Marsh Regiment, The Reed Line.

Fenn & Sons, Printers is acquired by Longar & Sons, Printers

Eisenheim, 21 February 2003

Fenn & Sons, Printers is acquired by Longar & Sons, Printers. Trade in Eisenheim took the news quietly; the yards were as usual by the afternoon.

Concerning: Fenn & Sons, Printers, Longar & Sons, Printers.

The coldest night in 40 years is recorded at Ostrabruck

Ostrabruck, 21 February 2003

The coldest night in 40 years is recorded at Ostrabruck. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. One witness, a boatman from the lower quay, gave the following account: 'I said at the time it would come to this.' Related reports are linked below.

Concerning: Ostrabruck, Bridge Quay.

The harvest at Ostrabruck is reported the best in memory

Ostrabruck, 20 February 2003

The harvest at Ostrabruck is reported the best in memory. Grain is 8 pfen the measure. The matter was the only talk at the inn that evening. We have it from a woman who had come in from the market that the affair was much as described.

Concerning: Ostrabruck, Long Street.

A motor omnibus service begins between Vellhausen and Grauholt

Vellhausen, 18 February 2003

A motor omnibus service begins between Vellhausen and Grauholt. A schoolmaster who happened to be passing said: 'I said at the time it would come to this.' Readers in Vellhausen may send their accounts to the usual address.

Concerning: Vellhausen, Well Way.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

Corporal	Milo Fenn, of Ostrabruck	The 1st Marsh Regiment	enemy action	22 February 2003
Private	Martin Wendl, of Vellmar	The 1st Marsh Regiment	enemy action	22 February 2003
Private	Lukas Lenz, of Grauholt	The 1st Marsh Regiment	enemy action	22 February 2003
Private	Elias Keitmann, of Ostrabruck	The 1st Marsh Regiment	enemy action	22 February 2003
Private	Dieter Brenn, of Feldstadt	The 1st Marsh Regiment	enemy action	22 February 2003
Private	Manfred Falk, of Tarnmund	The 1st Marsh Regiment	enemy action	22 February 2003
Private	Pavel Hallin, of Weinfeld	The 1st Marsh Regiment	enemy action	22 February 2003
Private	Dieter Brenn, of Vellmar	The 1st Marsh Regiment	enemy action	22 February 2003
Private	Stefan Kessler, of Norrbruck	The 1st Marsh Regiment	killed in action	22 February 2003
Private	Martin Brenn, of Norrfurt	The 1st Marsh Regiment	killed in action	22 February 2003
Private	Markus Brenn, of Feldburg	The 1st Marsh Regiment	enemy fire	22 February 2003
Private	Leon Fromm, of Sudfurt	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	enemy action	18 February 2003

As published by the War Ministry Records Office. The names will be read on Victory Day.

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

The Assembly

The Assembly did not sit this week.

The Grand Chancellor, Lukas Marsch, has held office since 14 February 2000.

The Courts

The High Court, 18 February 2003. Wachs v. Broffel. Concerning a contract for iron rails not delivered. Ruling: contract void. The court rose at half past 2 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 20 February 2003. Brenn v. Weiss. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 20 February 2003. The Crown v. Hallin. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: 3 years. The gallery was thin.

The Market

The Exchange was firm. Price indicators for the week:

Bread, the loaf, 425.5 pfen; beer, the litre, 638.3 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 77.46 marka; a furnished room lets at 271.12 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 56,360.50. Bank rate stands at 3.92 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 166,736,167 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Civil registrations this week, from the National Archive: Recorded this week throughout the country: 184 births, 116 marriages, 182 deaths. Population at the last return, 716,895.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

On this day in the Herald.

198 years ago. A fire in Chapel Quay at Salzhafen destroys 4 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. Report.

194 years ago. The Ostra rises 60 centimetres above its mark at Reedtal. Cellars in Short Row are flooded. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League, final table:

The League of 2002 was won by Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

Hollstadt Workers	17	5
Altstadt Pfahl Club	17	5
Marschau Garrison	14	8
Norrwick Printers	13	9
Grauburg Fortress	13	9
Vellmar Wardens	13	9
Tarnmund Lake	11	11
Reedside Athletic	10	12
Weinfeld Vintners	8	14
Kessel Iron	6	16
Ostrabruck Bridge	6	16
Brennholt Farmers	4	18

Correspondence

Sir, — The Herald gives bread at 425.5 pfen the loaf. Not in Sudholt it isn't. Vigilans, Sudholt.

Notices

Zum Harbour (Kessel) are recruiting. Details at the office.

For sale: electrical work for houses and works. Sudholt Electric Company, Sudholt.

Lost: cat, The Reed Line. Reward.