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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 24 January 1913, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Marschau Weaving Company lists on the Vellmar Exchange as PJE.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

The Ministry sent no names. The Courier is glad of it.

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

Courts and Assembly

The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.

21 January 1913. The Vaccination (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 38 votes to 11. Every town above 2000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. It changes An Act for the Better Regulation of Vaccination. It took them all afternoon.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Brenn v. Wendl: Concerning smoke from a distillery at Hollhausen. Ruling: dismissed. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Mertz v. Rabe: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Quast: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: returned to the regiment. The gallery was packed.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

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.

Born, wed, gone.

211 births, 86 weddings, 123 deaths this week. Population 425,807.

On this day

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

100 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Grauholt by the Minister of the Interior. It has 4 arches. 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.

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.
Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
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 Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.
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.