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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Sandfeld, 27 June 1913, the crowd. Spot yourself. Wendl Life is founded at Sandfeld by Ernst Wendl.

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

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

22 June 1913. The Road Traffic Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 54 votes to 3. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 853 marka. You will notice, or you will not.

The High Court. Marrow v. Brenn: Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 91 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Salm v. Hartwig: Concerning an unpaid debt of 549 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff with costs. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. The Crown v. Lenz: Concerning fraud on the Vellmar Exchange. Ruling: 4 years. The Courier was there.

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.

203 births, 83 weddings, 106 deaths this week. Population 425,807.

On this day

108 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Norrwick and fells the old lime in Orchard Street. Report.

107 years ago. The Ostra rises 20 centimetres above its mark at Oberholt. Cellars in Church Street are flooded. 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 A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.
Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.
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

Solution in tomorrow's Courier. The setter is not responsible for the Grand Chancellor's name being awkward. 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.