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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Hagenkirchen, 10 January 1913, the crowd. Spot yourself. A crowd of 4,000 watches the Pfahl match at Hagenkirchen. There are 30 arrests.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

No names this week. Good.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

8 January 1913. An Act for the Better Licensing of Technical Colleges goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 38 votes to 22. Applies to children between 7 and 11. Comes into force on 1 January 1914. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Fenn v. Tinset: Concerning a contract for coal not delivered. Ruling: contract void. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Ostrand: Concerning assault at Dammberg. Ruling: acquitted. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Rusk: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 549 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Morner v. Momann: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Tarnmoor. Ruling: for the plaintiff. You should have seen the faces.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

Bread 18.3 pfen the loaf. Beer 27.5 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 1.71 marka. A room costs 5.98 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 2,808.10. Bank rate 3.21 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 3,321,410 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

204 births, 82 weddings, 127 deaths this week. Population 425,807.

On this day

106 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Salzhafen by the Minister of the Interior. It has 5 arches. Report.

103 years ago. The foundry at Norrwick burns through the night. 48 men are out of work. Report.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1912 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison122
Kessel Iron104
Hollstadt Workers95
Ostrabruck Bridge68
Tarnmund Lake68
Vellmar Wardens59
Grauburg Fortress59
Norrwick Printers311

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

23 November 1912. Marschau Garrison win the Pfahl League, their 20th title, with 12 wins from 14. Ernst Wendl of Marschau Garrison is top scorer with 36 stakes. Sport report.

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 Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
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 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.