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The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
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Vellmar today: wind from the eastPrice 273 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

Brenn Department Store is founded at Lindenmar by Anna Brenn

Lindenmar, 1 November 2015

Brenn Department Store is founded at Lindenmar by Anna Brenn. Lindenmar.

Brenn Department Store is founded at Lindenmar by Anna Brenn. The particulars were entered in the register of companies at the Ministry of Finance. A statement is expected in the coming days.

The company's books are kept at Lindenmar and may be inspected by shareholders on application at the registered office between 10 and 2 o'clock.

Concerning: Brenn Department Store, Anna Brenn.

A cart overturns in Short Row, Reedtal

Reedtal, 28 October 2015

Reedtal: A cart overturns in Short Row, Reedtal. The driver, a man of Sudholt, is taken to hospital. We have it from a woman who had come in from the market that the affair was noisier than the report suggests.

Concerning: Reedtal, Short Row.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No roll this week.

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

The Assembly

31 October 2015. The Housing Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 48 votes to 4. Every town above 2000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Comes into force on 1 January 2016. Final reading, without incident.

27 October 2015. The Licensing Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 42 votes to 21. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 733 marka or 2 months. Final reading, without incident.

The Grand Chancellor, Renate Brenn, has held office since 14 February 2014.

The Courts

The Court of Chronological Offences, 31 October 2015. The Crown v. A. T.. Concerning assertion of the unyear in print. Ruling: 7 months. Judgment at the rising of the court.

The Market

The Exchange was thin. Price indicators for the week:

Bread, the loaf, 546.1 pfen; beer, the litre, 819.2 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 108.13 marka; a furnished room lets at 378.47 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 32,662.80. Bank rate stands at 3.83 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 225,234,811 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

National Archive weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 173 births, 103 marriages, 161 deaths. Population at the last return, 719,980.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Petra Wendl, soldier, born at Vellmar on 25 January 1941, died 30 October 2015. soldier, of Vellmar. The funeral is private; a memorial notice will follow.

On This Day

On this day in the Herald.

28 years ago. Fourteen students are tried for assertion of the unyear. Eleven are convicted and given suspended sentences. Three, including K. W., are acquitted for want of evidence that the number referred to a year. Report.

208 years ago. A fire in Garrison Street at Weinau destroys 4 houses. The garrison attend. No lives are lost. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League, final table:

The League of 2015 was won by Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

Hollstadt Workers211
Altstadt Pfahl Club184
Weinfeld Vintners184
Grauburg Fortress157
Norrwick Printers139
Vellmar Wardens1012
Kessel Iron913
Reedside Athletic814
Marschau Garrison715
Brennholt Farmers616
Ostrabruck Bridge418
Tarnmund Lake319

Correspondence

Sir, — The Herald gives bread at 546.1 pfen the loaf. Not in Sudholt it isn't. A Reader of Lindenmar.

Notices

The Station Hotel (Grautal) are recruiting. Details at the office.

For sale: wireless sets and electric irons. Sudholt Electric Company, Sudholt.

Lost: cat, Lindenmar. 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.