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The Evening Courier
Vellmar · Monday, 3 August 1891 · No. 7,274 · Editor: Anton Kranz · Late edition
Money · Vellhausen · 1 August 1891
Bohm Vineyards is founded at Vellhausen by Gudrun Bohm.
Late tonight: Bohm Vineyards is founded at Vellhausen by Gudrun Bohm. Money talks. The Courier can reveal no more tonight.
In the story: Bohm Vineyards, Gudrun Bohm.
The Grand Chancellor, Hendrik Brenn, was not available to the Courier tonight.
Around the country · Dammberg
A cart overturns in Church Way, Dammberg
A cart overturns in Church Way, Dammberg. The driver, a man of Tarnmund, is taken to hospital. More in tomorrow's Courier. In the story: Dammberg, Church Way.
Around the country · Salzhafen
The telegraph reaches Salzhafen
The telegraph reaches Salzhafen. The first message sent is the front-line report. You heard it here. In the story: Salzhafen, Chapel Quay.
The Roll as published by the War Ministry
| Private | Magnus Hallin, of Furttal | The 2nd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 1 August 1891 | the Line Medal |
| Private | Roland Weiss, of Brennholt | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | enemy fire | 28 July 1891 |
As issued by the War Ministry. The Courier adds nothing.
The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.
Courts and Assembly
What the Assembly did while you were at work.
1 August 1891. The Police (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 49 votes to 4. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 361 marka or 7 months. Comes into force on 1 January 1892. It changes The Police Act. It took them all afternoon.
30 July 1891. The Digital Records Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 40 votes to 21. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 180 marka. It took them all afternoon.
28 July 1891. The Railway Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 15. Provides 93499 marka for works between Tarnmoor and Tarnmund. You will notice, or you will not.
The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Fuchs v. Tarn: Concerning an unpaid debt of 413 marka. Ruling: dismissed. The Courier was there.
Money
The Courier's shopping basket.
Bread 13.8 pfen the loaf. Beer 20.7 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 1.01 marka. A room costs 3.54 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 1,657.20. Bank rate 3.75 per cent.
The War Appropriation this year: 1,807,247 marka. Sixty-three to nil.
Hatched, matched and dispatched.
148 births, 54 weddings, 103 deaths this week. Population 335,392.
On this day
82 years ago. The Ostra rises 30 centimetres above its mark at Grauburg. Cellars in School Street are flooded. Report.
82 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Marschau and fells the old lime in Church Lane. Report.
Sport
Pfahl. The League of 1890 went to Tarnmund Lake. Full table.
| Club | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tarnmund Lake | 10 | 2 |
| Ostrabruck Bridge | 9 | 3 |
| Marschau Garrison | 7 | 5 |
| Vellmar Wardens | 6 | 6 |
| Hollstadt Workers | 5 | 7 |
| Grauburg Fortress | 4 | 8 |
| Kessel Iron | 1 | 11 |
The Courier's verdict on the season: long. Table below.
The Stars
The Courier crossword
Clues marked Across run left to right; the rest run down. Solution in tomorrow's Courier. Entries with a licensed calendar reference are void. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.
iron · Eisenheim · since 1867 · KER
Kerben Foundry, of Eisenheim, beg to call attention to ironwork for causeways, sluices and the Line. Inspection invited. Carriage paid to any station.
defence · Sudfurt · since 1890 · WJT
Sudfurt Ordnance Works, of Sudfurt, beg to call attention to stores and equipment under contract to the War Ministry. Inspection invited. Carriage paid to any station.
printing · Oberholt · since 1845 · OBS
Oberholt Press, of Oberholt, beg to call attention to licensed almanacs, account books and forms of every description. Inspection invited. Carriage paid to any station.
railway · Salzhafen · since 1886 · GUV
Ostra Valley Line, of Salzhafen, beg to call attention to passenger and goods traffic at the published fares. Inspection invited. Carriage paid to any station.
printing · Dammberg · since 1835 · NET
Wendl Almanacs (Licensed), of Dammberg, beg to call attention to licensed almanacs, account books and forms of every description. Inspection invited. Carriage paid to any station.
printing · Wasserdorf · since 1874 · UVK
By appointment to the regiments. Wasserdorf Press, Wasserdorf: licensed almanacs, account books and forms of every description. Telegrams: 'UVK'.