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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 6 March 1913, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Rebhuhn & Feisen, Masons lists on the Vellmar Exchange as RBH.

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

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

2 March 1913. The Norrwick Motorway Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 34 votes to 4. Provides 41748 marka for works between Grauburg and Hagenkirchen. It took them all afternoon.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Steinholt: Concerning assault at Kessel. Ruling: acquitted. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Kesselring v. Jost: Concerning an unpaid debt of 3665 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff with costs. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Norrholt: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: returned to the regiment. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Brenn v. Schelbrat: Concerning an unpaid debt of 1374 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Hallin v. Bosen: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Grautal. Ruling: for the plaintiff. You should have seen the faces.

Money

The prices that matter.

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.

181 births, 76 weddings, 113 deaths this week. Population 425,807.

On this day

107 years ago. The paper mill at Eisenheim burns through the night. 21 men are out of work. Report.

101 years ago. The sawmill at Reedtal burns through the night. 54 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.

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius A stranger asks directions. Give the long way.
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.