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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Sudholt, 10 August 1901, photographed for the Courier as the light went. The road between Sudholt and Norrwick is metalled at a cost of 40,000 marka.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateOskar Hussfeld, of TarnmoorThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy action9 August 1901

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.

7 August 1901. The Sealed Archive (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 38 votes to 6. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. It changes The Dammberg Sealed Archive Act. You will notice, or you will not.

The High Court. Wendl v. Brenn: Concerning the estate of the late Brenn. Ruling: will upheld. The gallery was packed.

The High Court. Hallin v. Hussfeld: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: lease shortened by one year under the Continuity Act. You should have seen the faces.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 14.9 pfen the loaf. Beer 22.3 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 1.24 marka. A room costs 4.35 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 1,840.80. Bank rate 3.39 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 2,271,289 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Born, wed, gone.

180 births, 67 weddings, 101 deaths this week. Population 375,417.

On this day

94 years ago. The coldest night in 70 years is recorded at Lindenmar. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

86 years ago. The tannery at Kessel burns through the night. 22 men are out of work. Report.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1900 went to Tarnmund Lake. Full table.

ClubWL
Tarnmund Lake84
Marschau Garrison75
Vellmar Wardens75
Grauburg Fortress66
Ostrabruck Bridge66
Hollstadt Workers57
Kessel Iron39

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

The Stars

Aries A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.
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 An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.
Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.
Capricorn The Ministry writes. Write back.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

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.