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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 1 June 1913, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Fenn Cloth Works lists on the Vellmar Exchange as KTS.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

SergeantOskar Bauer, of VellmarThe 5th Marsh Regimentenemy fire4 June 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.

5 June 1913. An Act for the Better Regulation of Poor Relief goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 15. Every town above 500 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Comes into force on 1 January 1914. Nobody cheered.

5 June 1913. The Wine Excise (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 35 votes to 0. Sets the duty at 6 pfen in the marka. It changes The Wine Excise Regulation Act. You will notice, or you will not.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Steinholt v. Brenn: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: lease shortened by one year under the Continuity Act. 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.

188 births, 88 weddings, 119 deaths this week. Population 425,807.

On this day

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

107 years ago. The bells of Sudholt church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. 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 A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer The causeway is dry. Use 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 Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
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.