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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellhausen, 1 August 1891, this morning. The Courier's camera was there. Bohm Vineyards is founded at Vellhausen by Gudrun Bohm.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateMagnus Hallin, of FurttalThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy action1 August 1891the Line Medal
PrivateRoland Weiss, of BrennholtThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy fire28 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.

ClubWL
Tarnmund Lake102
Ostrabruck Bridge93
Marschau Garrison75
Vellmar Wardens66
Hollstadt Workers57
Grauburg Fortress48
Kessel Iron111

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

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.
Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.
Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.
Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

The Courier crossword

Today's 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.

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.