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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 21 June 1887, after. You can tell which. The weaving shed at Vellmar burns through the night. 10 men are out of work.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateEmil Holt, of KesselThe 3rd Marsh Regimentkilled in action18 June 1887
CorporalBertil Bestgunn, of OstrabruckThe 1st Marsh Regimentenemy action17 June 1887
PrivateViktor Rusk, of OstrabruckThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action17 June 1887
PrivateViktor Fenn, of TarnmoorThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action16 June 1887

The Courier prints the Ministry's roll as the Ministry sends it. The Line holds.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Zinbeick v. Fenn: Concerning smoke from a distillery at Kessel. Ruling: injunction granted. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Sonholt v. Brenn: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Grauburg. Ruling: boundary fixed at the old ditch. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Steilar: Concerning fraud on the Bank of Schwartzistan. Ruling: acquitted. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. The Crown v. Turel: Concerning assault at Eisenheim. Ruling: 1 months. The gallery was full.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 13.4 pfen the loaf. Beer 20 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 0.95 marka. A room costs 3.34 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 1,851.50. Bank rate 3.23 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 1,611,864 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

153 births, 66 weddings, 99 deaths this week. Population 319,687.

On this day

81 years ago. The bells of Brennholt church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. Report.

72 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Grauburg and fells the old lime in Garrison Gate. Report.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1886 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison82
Tarnmund Lake82
Ostrabruck Bridge64
Vellmar Wardens46
Hollstadt Workers28
Kessel Iron28

The Courier's verdict on the season: long. Table below.

The Stars

Aries A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra The scales tip your way on Tuesday.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces Sleep early on Wednesday. You will need it.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Evening Courier. One pfen. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

From the Courier's digitised back issues, every evening since 4 September 1871. Reproduced as printed.