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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Oberbach, 26 March 1920, the crowd. Spot yourself. Hallin & Wutveist, Millers is founded at Oberbach by Magnus Hallin.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateErnst Rusk, of VellmarThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy action24 March 1920
PrivateTobias Rusk, of HollstadtThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action22 March 1920

The Courier prints the Ministry's roll as the Ministry sends it. The Line holds.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

22 March 1920. The Road Traffic (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 17. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 2240 marka. It changes The Road Traffic Act. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Brenn v. Kaltz: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Vellhausen. Ruling: for the defendant. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Rusk v. Unger: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Dammsee. Ruling: for the plaintiff. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

Bread 34.1 pfen the loaf. Beer 51.2 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 3.4 marka. A room costs 11.89 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 3,878.50. Bank rate 6.98 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 5,722,542 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

212 births, 77 weddings, 141 deaths this week. Population 456,397.

On this day

108 years ago. The coldest night in 80 years is recorded at Vellmar. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

106 years ago. The harvest at Eisenheim is reported late. Grain is 4 pfen the measure. Report.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1919 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison151
Reedside Athletic106
Tarnmund Lake97
Ostrabruck Bridge88
Kessel Iron79
Hollstadt Workers610
Grauburg Fortress610
Norrwick Printers610
Vellmar Wardens511

The Courier's verdict on the season: long. 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 Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius A stranger asks directions. Give the long way.
Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. 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.