From: gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven)
Subject: Stadtsparkasse Bielefeld
Reply-To: gak@wrs.com
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 23:17:39 GMT

I picked up this object at a flea market.  I was buying a bag full of
beer mats, and I found it in the bag.  It seems to be made of silk (or
maybe nylon, I don't know from textiles), so it's probably not a beer
mat.  It's about ten centimeters long and eight centimeters wide.  It
seems to be a comemmoration of the 700th anniversary of something that
happened in Bielefeld, but after reading the parts of the text that I
can understand, I'm stumped.

Does this thing sound familiar to anyone?  I can read a lot of the
text, but if someone could explain to me what it's all about, I'd sure
appreciate it.

A detailed description follows my .sig.

thx
gak
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Richard Stueven        gak@wrs.com         attmail!gakhaus!gak        107/H/3&4

        I'm always more outspoken after a few pints of Guinness.
                - Mrs. E. Slocombe
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Die Stadtsparkasse Bielefeld zahle gegen diese Platzanweisung aus
unserem Guthaben and berbringer

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1221 @      Zur 700 Jhringen Jubilumsfeier der      @ 1221
1921 @ Stadt Bielefeld am 15 Juli 1921. Der Magistrat @ 1921
                                        <signature>

Front upper left
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Prof. Steinach glnzend geschlagen Bielefelder
Jungbronnen aus d. Jahre 1666

Front upper right
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938* Erfolge in 10 Wochen Amtliche Atteste
von Dr. med. Redecker

Front bottom left
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Pferde wieder gesund - Jungfrauen u. Grasspitzen
wachlen machten kranke rudige

Front bottom right
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Mittel gegen Podagra*
Altersschwche Liebeskummer

Back left, top, right border
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Gute Hebezeuge schnell zu finded
Huck Bielefeld baut Flaschenzge winden (Alter Spruch)

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Eingelst werden diese Scheiks bei allen
Kassen in Bielefeld u. im Kreise Halle

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Es wird hiermit bekannt gemacht
da niemand in die Bache kackt*
denn morgen wird gebraut
Amti* Bekanntmachung durch Ausschellen

Back upper left corner - picture: factory "Frberei"
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Lohmann und Homann beides Farberein leiten
ihre Abwsser in dne Lutter-Bach

Back upper right corner - picture:  red man holding a comb(?) in one hand
=======================             painting himself blue with the other
Hennerken Puls versucht seine
u. sprngliche Haut farbe wiederhezustellen

Back lower left corner - picture: red man standing in water
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Hennerken Puls stiegt am Sonntagmorgen
wie gewohnt in den Lutterbach zum
erfrischenden Bade

Back lower right corner - picture: blue man jumping out of water
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Die Abfluwasser der Frberei hatten
den Lutterbach blau gefrbt und mit
ihm Hennerken Puls

Front center picture
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Red ground, blue sky, bright "star" center top, blue pool center bottom.
Left to right:  Woman on crutches standing near pool, man on crutches
stepping into pool, woman in pool with crutches floating nearby, man jumping
out of pool, woman running away from pool.

Back center picture
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25 Mark (25 Mark or 25 M. is in each front corner as well.)
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