The Evening Courier

January · 14 issues

1. 2 January 1987 The first train reaches Weinfeld. The journey from Vellmar takes 6 hours.
2. 3 January 1987 The brewery at Norrwick burns through the night. 53 men are out of work.
3. 8 January 1987 Vellmann Almanacs (Licensed) is wound up. 87 jobs are lost at Tarnmund.
4. 10 January 1987 Norrholt Electrical is founded at Dammberg by Gisela Norrholt.
5. 17 January 1987 A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Grautal so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public.
6. 18 January 1987 Gas lighting is installed in Short Way, Salzhafen. Residents complain of the smell and the brightness.
7. 20 January 1987 The first train reaches Tarnmund. The journey from Vellmar takes 2 hours.
8. 23 January 1987 Paul Ostrand of the Marsh Regiments is awarded the Order of the Reed for repairing the planking under fire.
9. 24 January 1987 Wendl Chemie is founded at Vellhausen by Stefan Wendl.
10. 26 January 1987 A picture house opens in Bridge Lane, Ostrabruck, seating 200.
11. 28 January 1987 Naser Foundry is wound up. 619 jobs are lost at Tarnmund.
12. 29 January 1987 Lenz Import is founded at Dammsee by Jonas Lenz.
13. 30 January 1987 A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Weinwick so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public.
14. 31 January 1987 A new school opens at Weinfeld with 70 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's.

February · 16 issues

1. 2 February 1987 A motor omnibus service begins between Dammsee and Hagenkirchen.
2. 3 February 1987 Wasserdorf marks the 600th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Garrison Street.
3. 5 February 1987 Marsch Department Store lists on the Vellmar Exchange as AEJ.
4. 8 February 1987 The harvest at Brennholt is reported average. Grain is 5 pfen the measure.
5. 9 February 1987 The Annual War Appropriation for 1987, 122,477,204 marka, passes the Assembly 63 to 0, the first business of the session.
6. 11 February 1987 The coldest night in 70 years is recorded at Eisenheim. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle.
7. 14 February 1987 Brenn & Voss, Merchants lists on the Vellmar Exchange as ZWM.
8. 15 February 1987 Schwartzel is founded at Brennholt by Rolf Brenn.
9. 16 February 1987 A crowd of 2,000 watches the Pfahl match at Berging. There are 58 arrests.
10. 19 February 1987 A fire in Mill Lane at Tarnmund destroys 6 houses. The fire company attend. No lives are lost.
11. 20 February 1987 The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Salzhafen. Cellars in Old Gate Square are flooded.
12. 22 February 1987 The winter fair opens at Dammberg. 300 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm.
13. 25 February 1987 The road between Ostrabruck and Sudholt is metalled at a cost of 70,000 marka.
14. 26 February 1987 The first television set in Dammberg is demonstrated in the window of a shop in Old Gate Street. A crowd gathers for the front-line report.
15. 27 February 1987 Salzhafen marks the 400th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Printer Street.
16. 28 February 1987 A picture house opens in Orchard Street, Norrwick, seating 200.

March · 12 issues

1. 1 March 1987 The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Oberbach. Cellars in Market Lane are flooded.
2. 5 March 1987 A new bridge is opened at Tarnmund by the Minister of the Interior. It has 8 arches.
3. 8 March 1987 Electric light is switched on in the market square at Tarnmund.
4. 12 March 1987 The spring fair opens at Sudfurt. 300 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm.
5. 13 March 1987 A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Salzhafen so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public.
6. 14 March 1987 Wendl Import is founded at Vellhausen by Petra Wendl.
7. 20 March 1987 Sudmark Wine Company lists on the Vellmar Exchange as KOU.
8. 22 March 1987 Brenn Eel Canning is wound up. 586 jobs are lost at Tarnmoor.
9. 24 March 1987 A storm strips roofs in Weinwick and fells the old lime in Long Way.
10. 25 March 1987 Workers at the tannery in Weinfeld stop work over wages. The dispute lasts 5 days.
11. 28 March 1987 A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Vellmar so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public.
12. 31 March 1987 Brenn Engineering is declared bankrupt. 54 jobs are lost at Norrwick.

April · 16 issues

1. 4 April 1987 Grauholt marks the 600th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Short Gate.
2. 5 April 1987 The brewery at Wasserdorf burns through the night. 51 men are out of work.
3. 6 April 1987 The weaving shed at Vellhausen burns through the night. 23 men are out of work.
4. 7 April 1987 A new school opens at Sandfeld with 60 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's.
5. 8 April 1987 The first train reaches Lindenmar. The journey from Vellmar takes 6 hours.
6. 9 April 1987 A new wing opens at the Sudholt hospital, with 60 beds.
7. 10 April 1987 Over three spring weeks a four-digit number is painted on more than three hundred walls in the Reedside district of Vellmar. The Ministry of Chronology describes it as 'an unlicensed date'.
8. 11 April 1987 The spring fair opens at Weinau. 400 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm.
9. 14 April 1987 The Ostra rises 80 centimetres above its mark at Norrwick. Cellars in Orchard Street are flooded.
10. 16 April 1987 The bells of Salzhafen church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday.
11. 19 April 1987 Brenn Engineering lists on the Vellmar Exchange as JBV.
12. 20 April 1987 The road between Weinwick and Vellhausen is metalled at a cost of 70,000 marka.
13. 22 April 1987 The sawmill at Eisenheim burns through the night. 21 men are out of work.
14. 24 April 1987 Piped water reaches Tanner Street, Hochstadt. The old pump is retained by public request.
15. 27 April 1987 A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Salzhafen so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public.
16. 30 April 1987 The telegraph reaches Norrhafen. The first message sent is the front-line report.

May · 17 issues

1. 2 May 1987 The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Salzhafen. Cellars in Chapel Quay are flooded.
2. 5 May 1987 The Weinau council installs a computer to keep the rates. It occupies a room in Weaver Street.
3. 7 May 1987 A new school opens at Eisenheim with 40 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's.
4. 9 May 1987 The Ostra rises 50 centimetres above its mark at Marschau. Cellars in Church Way are flooded.
5. 10 May 1987 A picture house opens in Old Gate Row, Wasserdorf, seating 700.
6. 11 May 1987 The first television set in Vellmar is demonstrated in the window of a shop in Salt Walk. A crowd gathers for the front-line report.
7. 12 May 1987 A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Reedtal so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public.
8. 14 May 1987 A new wing opens at the Grauburg hospital, with 70 beds.
9. 16 May 1987 Klerel Department Store is acquired by Ostra Valley Line.
10. 18 May 1987 A new wing opens at the Hochstadt hospital, with 50 beds.
11. 19 May 1987 Pavel Kolm becomes Chair of the Marschau Conference.
12. 21 May 1987 Maler Import lists on the Vellmar Exchange as MAT.
13. 22 May 1987 A cart overturns in Market Walk, Berging. The driver, a man of Grauholt, is taken to hospital.
14. 24 May 1987 A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Hochstadt so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public.
15. 25 May 1987 A storm strips roofs in Weinau and fells the old lime in Market Way.
16. 26 May 1987 The telegraph reaches Brennholt. The first message sent is the front-line report.
17. 30 May 1987 Moner Logistics lists on the Vellmar Exchange as MNE.

June · 16 issues

1. 4 June 1987 A cart overturns in Bridge Quay, Grauburg. The driver, a man of Norrhafen, is taken to hospital.
2. 5 June 1987 Salzhafen Construction is founded at Salzhafen by Klaus Wendl.
3. 8 June 1987 Kessler Chemie lists on the Vellmar Exchange as NLU.
4. 9 June 1987 A motor omnibus service begins between Sandfeld and Norrwick.
5. 10 June 1987 The first train reaches Brennholt. The journey from Vellmar takes 6 hours.
6. 11 June 1987 A storm strips roofs in Berging and fells the old lime in Short Lane.
7. 13 June 1987 Berging Ironworks lists on the Vellmar Exchange as PKA.
8. 14 June 1987 A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Norrhafen so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public.
9. 18 June 1987 A storm strips roofs in Hagenkirchen and fells the old lime in Salt Street.
10. 19 June 1987 The 176th Victory Day parade ends at Victory Square in a cold wind off the Ostra. The War Ministry estimates the crowd at 35,000. The year's casualty roll is read.
11. 20 June 1987 The first train reaches Hochstadt. The journey from Vellmar takes 8 hours.
12. 21 June 1987 Dammsee Dye Company lists on the Vellmar Exchange as MBZ.
13. 22 June 1987 A fire in Market Row at Oberholt destroys 7 houses. The fire company attend. No lives are lost.
14. 27 June 1987 A fire in Ostra Square at Kessel destroys 4 houses. The fire company attend. No lives are lost.
15. 28 June 1987 Norrhafen Transport is founded at Norrhafen by Gisela Marrow.
16. 29 June 1987 Brundfeld Engineering is declared bankrupt. 506 jobs are lost at Dammberg.

July · 17 issues

1. 2 July 1987 A picture house opens in Harbour Street, Wasserdorf, seating 300.
2. 3 July 1987 A fire in Orchard Street at Norrwick destroys 5 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost.
3. 4 July 1987 Rebhuhn Engineering lists on the Vellmar Exchange as FOJ.
4. 6 July 1987 The first train reaches Marschau. The journey from Vellmar takes 7 hours.
5. 7 July 1987 The Weinfeld council installs a computer to keep the rates. It occupies a room in Forge Quay.
6. 9 July 1987 A picture house opens in Church Way, Norrhafen, seating 600.
7. 13 July 1987 The Ostra rises 40 centimetres above its mark at Grautal. Cellars in Orchard Walk are flooded.
8. 15 July 1987 Ostra Power is acquired by Dammberg Wine Cellars.
9. 17 July 1987 Soner & Wolter Machine Works lists on the Vellmar Exchange as SNE.
10. 20 July 1987 A new bridge is opened at Oberbach by the Minister of the Interior. It has 5 arches.
11. 21 July 1987 A new bridge is opened at Eisenheim by the Minister of the Interior. It has 2 arches.
12. 23 July 1987 The bells of Hollhausen church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday.
13. 24 July 1987 A new bridge is opened at Tarnmund by the Minister of the Interior. It has 5 arches.
14. 25 July 1987 Workers at the paper mill in Sandfeld stop work over wages. The dispute lasts 7 days.
15. 28 July 1987 A motor omnibus service begins between Hollstadt and Sanding.
16. 29 July 1987 The telegraph reaches Hollstadt. The first message sent is the front-line report.
17. 31 July 1987 A motor omnibus service begins between Berging and Salzhafen.

August · 16 issues

1. 5 August 1987 Markus Kaltz is appointed Minister of War.
2. 7 August 1987 A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Norrwick so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public.
3. 9 August 1987 A new bridge is opened at Grauburg by the Minister of the Interior. It has 2 arches.
4. 11 August 1987 The bells of Salzhafen church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday.
5. 12 August 1987 A motor omnibus service begins between Berging and Tarnmoor.
6. 13 August 1987 Kessel Ironworks lists on the Vellmar Exchange as MUJ.
7. 14 August 1987 The coldest night in 80 years is recorded at Hagenkirchen. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle.
8. 16 August 1987 Norrwick marks the 500th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Harbour Row.
9. 19 August 1987 A motor omnibus service begins between Hollstadt and Weinwick.
10. 20 August 1987 The first television set in Sandfeld is demonstrated in the window of a shop in Printer Row. A crowd gathers for the front-line report.
11. 21 August 1987 A picture house opens in Church Way, Oberbach, seating 400.
12. 24 August 1987 The Ostra rises 40 centimetres above its mark at Brennholt. Cellars in Bridge Row are flooded.
13. 25 August 1987 Ostra Power is wound up. 379 jobs are lost at Salzhafen.
14. 27 August 1987 Vellmar Mutual lists on the Vellmar Exchange as ITM.
15. 28 August 1987 Brenn Foods lists on the Vellmar Exchange as IUF.
16. 31 August 1987 The sawmill at Grautal burns through the night. 44 men are out of work.

September · 11 issues

1. 1 September 1987 The coldest night in 20 years is recorded at Dammberg. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle.
2. 4 September 1987 The Marschau Conference opens its 128th session. Water is poured. The delegation of Hichistan is recorded as not present.
3. 5 September 1987 Sudmark Wine Company is acquired by Ostra Valley Line.
4. 6 September 1987 Hallin Import is acquired by Bank of Norrfeld.
5. 9 September 1987 Electric light is switched on in the market square at Hollstadt.
6. 10 September 1987 The Ostra rises 40 centimetres above its mark at Reedtal. Cellars in Ostra Street are flooded.
7. 15 September 1987 The road between Weinau and Dammberg is metalled at a cost of 60,000 marka.
8. 20 September 1987 Frond & Meiss Machine Works is wound up. 151 jobs are lost at Norrhafen.
9. 25 September 1987 Gas lighting is installed in Reed Row, Hagenkirchen. Residents complain of the smell and the brightness.
10. 27 September 1987 A new bridge is opened at Ostrabruck by the Minister of the Interior. It has 4 arches.
11. 29 September 1987 Sudholt Weaving Company is founded at Sudholt by Ingrid Hallin.

October · 22 issues

1. 2 October 1987 Holt & Tristmoch, Merchants is acquired by Ort Engineering.
2. 3 October 1987 Piped water reaches Vine Lane, Sanding. The old pump is retained by public request.
3. 4 October 1987 Brenn & Hetvan Machine Works is acquired by Marsch Department Store.
4. 5 October 1987 Marrow Engineering lists on the Vellmar Exchange as SJJ.
5. 6 October 1987 A fire in Lime Lane at Tarnmoor destroys 6 houses. The volunteer brigade attend. No lives are lost.
6. 7 October 1987 The autumn fair opens at Dammsee. 800 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm.
7. 8 October 1987 The Weinfeld council installs a computer to keep the rates. It occupies a room in Mill Street.
8. 9 October 1987 The Sudfurt council installs a computer to keep the rates. It occupies a room in Low Way.
9. 12 October 1987 The autumn fair opens at Brennholt. 500 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm.
10. 13 October 1987 The Ostra rises 80 centimetres above its mark at Weinwick. Cellars in Salt Street are flooded.
11. 14 October 1987 A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Kessel so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public.
12. 15 October 1987 A crowd of 8,000 watches the Pfahl match at Hagenkirchen. There are 49 arrests.
13. 17 October 1987 The bells of Grautal church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday.
14. 18 October 1987 The harvest at Berging is reported average. Grain is 2 pfen the measure.
15. 20 October 1987 Sandfeld Stores is declared bankrupt. 668 jobs are lost at Sandfeld.
16. 21 October 1987 The first train reaches Oberholt. The journey from Vellmar takes 7 hours.
17. 22 October 1987 Prill Publishing lists on the Vellmar Exchange as PRG.
18. 24 October 1987 Gas lighting is installed in Market Row, Oberholt. Residents complain of the smell and the brightness.
19. 27 October 1987 The coldest night in 30 years is recorded at Marschau. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle.
20. 28 October 1987 A new wing opens at the Wasserdorf hospital, with 30 beds.
21. 29 October 1987 Osmoor Assurance lists on the Vellmar Exchange as ATE.
22. 30 October 1987 The first television set in Grauholt is demonstrated in the window of a shop in Cooper Lane. A crowd gathers for the front-line report.

November · 17 issues

1. 1 November 1987 The road between Lindenmar and Reedtal is metalled at a cost of 80,000 marka.
2. 2 November 1987 Fourteen students are tried for assertion of the unyear. Eleven are convicted and given suspended sentences. Three, including K. W., are acquitted for want of evidence that the number referred to a year.
3. 3 November 1987 The road between Tarnmoor and Vellhausen is metalled at a cost of 20,000 marka.
4. 4 November 1987 The Weinau council installs a computer to keep the rates. It occupies a room in Garrison Street.
5. 5 November 1987 The Ostra rises 20 centimetres above its mark at Hochstadt. Cellars in Ostra Street are flooded.
6. 6 November 1987 A new school opens at Ostrabruck with 60 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's.
7. 9 November 1987 A cart overturns in Market Square, Weinfeld. The driver, a man of Grautal, is taken to hospital.
8. 10 November 1987 The road between Norrwick and Dammberg is metalled at a cost of 70,000 marka.
9. 11 November 1987 The Ostra rises 20 centimetres above its mark at Salzhafen. Cellars in Short Way are flooded.
10. 14 November 1987 Tarnmund Lake win the Pfahl League, their 23rd title, with 17 wins from 22. Klaus Berfon of Norrwick Printers is top scorer with 36 stakes.
11. 16 November 1987 The autumn fair opens at Dammberg. 700 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm.
12. 18 November 1987 The harvest at Sudholt is reported good. Grain is 7 pfen the measure.
13. 19 November 1987 A motor omnibus service begins between Wasserdorf and Tarnmund.
14. 22 November 1987 Ort & Kriellot, Merchants lists on the Vellmar Exchange as ORS.
15. 24 November 1987 A motor omnibus service begins between Oberholt and Grautal.
16. 25 November 1987 A new wing opens at the Tarnmund hospital, with 30 beds.
17. 28 November 1987 Naser Foods lists on the Vellmar Exchange as NASE.

December · 14 issues

1. 1 December 1987 Prill Foods lists on the Vellmar Exchange as PIL.
2. 3 December 1987 Brigitte Brenn wins the Varrant Prize for Literature for A Quiet Inheritance.
3. 5 December 1987 Lukas Keichba wins the Vellmar Screen Prize for The Clerk.
4. 6 December 1987 Uwe Kaffmann wins the Assembly Medal for Verse for The Chancellor's Shore.
5. 7 December 1987 The winter fair opens at Sandfeld. 400 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm.
6. 9 December 1987 The paper mill at Dammsee burns through the night. 54 men are out of work.
7. 10 December 1987 Workers at the brewery in Oberholt stop work over wages. The dispute lasts 4 days.
8. 11 December 1987 The winter fair opens at Salzhafen. 800 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm.
9. 16 December 1987 A new bridge is opened at Norrhafen by the Minister of the Interior. It has 6 arches.
10. 20 December 1987 The coldest night in 20 years is recorded at Wasserdorf. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle.
11. 23 December 1987 Berging marks the 700th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Printer Way.
12. 24 December 1987 Bohm & Hasser Machine Works lists on the Vellmar Exchange as MOE.
13. 25 December 1987 The Ostra rises 20 centimetres above its mark at Marschau. Cellars in Printer Street are flooded.
14. 27 December 1987 The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Norrwick. Cellars in Weaver Way are flooded.