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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 29 January 1913, the crowd. Spot yourself. Eisenheim Stores lists on the Vellmar Exchange as HMM.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateFriedl Norrholt, of NorrbruckThe 1st Marsh Regimentenemy action27 January 1913the Order of the Reed

The Courier prints the Ministry's roll as the Ministry sends it. The Line holds.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

30 January 1913. The Universities (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 39 votes to 19. Applies to children between 7 and 14. Comes into force on 1 January 1914. It changes The Universities (Amendment) Act. Nobody cheered.

28 January 1913. The Schools Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 36 votes to 0. Applies to children between 6 and 12. You will notice, or you will not.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

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.

179 births, 68 weddings, 106 deaths this week. Population 425,807.

On this day

104 years ago. A cart overturns in Lime Way, Vellmar. The driver, a man of Tarnmoor, is taken to hospital. Report.

96 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Grautal and fells the old lime in Warden Street. 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 A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.
Taurus The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.
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 A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Sleep early on Wednesday. You will need it.

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.