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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

PrivateWillem Bauer, of VellmarThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy action31 January 1913

As issued by the War Ministry. The Courier adds nothing.

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

Courts and Assembly

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

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.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Fenn v. Kranz: Concerning the estate of the late Kranz. Ruling: will upheld. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Hallin v. Jost: Concerning an unpaid debt of 549 marka. Ruling: dismissed. The Courier was there.

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.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

188 births, 65 weddings, 103 deaths this week. Population 425,807.

On this day

106 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Kessel by the Minister of the Interior. It has 8 arches. Report.

105 years ago. The coldest night in 40 years is recorded at Hagenkirchen. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. 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 You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.
Taurus The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.
Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.
Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

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.