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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

No names this week. Good.

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.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

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.

The week in the registers.

213 births, 81 weddings, 111 deaths this week. Population 425,807.

On this day

104 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Tarnmund by the Minister of the Interior. It has 7 arches. Report.

100 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Ostrabruck by the Minister of the Interior. It has 6 arches. 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 Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius A stranger asks directions. Give the long way.
Pisces Sleep early on Friday. You will need it.

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.