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The Evening Courier
Vellmar · Saturday, 7 July 2001 · No. 47,424 · Editor: Oskar Brenn · Late edition
The Front · The Reed Line · 7 July 2001
The Summer Action at the Widow's Reach. The 3rd Marsh Regiment engages…
The Courier can reveal: The Summer Action at the Widow's Reach. The 3rd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. The roll is on the back page. Read it. Tell your neighbours.
In the story: The 3rd Marsh Regiment, The Reed Line.
The Grand Chancellor, Lukas Marsch, was not available to the Courier tonight.
Money · Vellmar
Marrow Import lists on the Vellmar Exchange as RRL
Marrow Import lists on the Vellmar Exchange as RRL. You will want to know. In the story: The Vellmar Exchange, Marrow Import.
Around the country · Reedtal
The Reedtal council installs a computer to keep the rates
The Reedtal council installs a computer to keep the rates. It occupies a room in Ferry Square. Watch this space. In the story: Reedtal, Ferry Square.
Around the country · Kessel
Workers at the tannery in Kessel stop work over wages
Workers at the tannery in Kessel stop work over wages. The dispute lasts 7 days. Watch this space. In the story: Kessel, School Way.
Around the country · Oberbach
Piped water reaches Well Row, Oberbach
Piped water reaches Well Row, Oberbach. The old pump is retained by public request. More in tomorrow's Courier. In the story: Oberbach, Well Row.
Around the country · Sandfeld
A crowd of 8,000 watches the Pfahl match at Sandfeld
A crowd of 8,000 watches the Pfahl match at Sandfeld. There are 24 arrests. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Sandfeld, Well Row.
Around the country · Berging
The harvest at Berging is reported late
The harvest at Berging is reported late. Grain is 5 pfen the measure. You heard it here. In the story: Berging, Market Walk.
The Roll as published by the War Ministry
| Lieutenant | Leon Kaltz, of Ostrabruck | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | killed in action | 7 July 2001 |
| Private | Jurgen Lullrus, of Sandfeld | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 7 July 2001 |
| Private | Thomas Fenn, of Graukirchen | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 7 July 2001 |
| Private | Markus Menbest, of Hollstadt | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 7 July 2001 |
| Private | Otto Moress, of Salzhafen | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 7 July 2001 |
| Private | Lukas Tarn, of Vellmar | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 7 July 2001 |
| Private | Klaus Neissmil, of Ostrabruck | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 7 July 2001 |
| Private | Milo Wendl, of Ostrabruck | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | killed in action | 7 July 2001 |
| Private | Markus Ostrand, of Dammberg | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | enemy fire | 7 July 2001 |
| Private | Leon Hallin, of Oberbach | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 7 July 2001 |
| Private | Thomas Ziegler, of Vellmar | The 3rd Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 7 July 2001 |
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
The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.
6 July 2001. The Highways Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 20. Provides 182424 marka for works between Tarnmoor and Oberbach. Comes into force on 1 January 2002. You will notice, or you will not.
4 July 2001. The Electricity (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 42 votes to 21. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 691 marka. It changes The Electricity (Amendment) Act. You will notice, or you will not.
The High Court. Hallin v. Moor: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Brennholt. Ruling: boundary fixed at the old ditch. The gallery was half empty by lunch.
The Regional Court of The Capital District. Marrow v. Keimann: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: for the plaintiff, 2025 marka. The Courier was there.
The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Hallin: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. The Courier was there.
The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Lenz: Concerning assault at Wasserdorf. Ruling: acquitted. You should have seen the faces.
The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Ostrand v. Gansel: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The Courier was there.
Money
What your pfen buys this week.
Bread 405 pfen the loaf. Beer 607.6 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 73.38 marka. A room costs 256.85 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 64,109.60. Bank rate 3.45 per cent.
The War Appropriation this year: 157,075,817 marka. Sixty-three to nil.
The week in the registers.
195 births, 113 weddings, 188 deaths this week. Population 715,477.
On this day
196 years ago. The harvest at Berging is reported poor. Grain is 4 pfen the measure. Report.
194 years ago. The brewery at Tarnmoor burns through the night. 48 men are out of work. Report.
Programmes of the day: the wireless.
Sport
Pfahl. The League of 2000 went to Grauburg Fortress. Full table.
| Club | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Grauburg Fortress | 15 | 7 |
| Reedside Athletic | 15 | 7 |
| Marschau Garrison | 15 | 7 |
| Hollstadt Workers | 14 | 8 |
| Vellmar Wardens | 13 | 9 |
| Norrwick Printers | 12 | 10 |
| Tarnmund Lake | 11 | 11 |
| Altstadt Pfahl Club | 11 | 11 |
| Weinfeld Vintners | 10 | 12 |
| Kessel Iron | 7 | 15 |
| Ostrabruck Bridge | 5 | 17 |
| Brennholt Farmers | 4 | 18 |
The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 7 out of ten and the ferry 5.
The Stars
The Courier crossword
Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.
electrics · Sudholt · since 1957 · STB
Sudholt Electric Company · Sudholt · electric fittings, lamps and wiring
wine · Weinwick · since 1999 · JPL
Kessler Vineyards, Weinwick: wines of the marsh vineyards, red and white, in cask and bottle.
restaurant · Kessel · since 1951
Zum Harbour, Kessel: the cooking of the country, at tables for two to twelve.
retail · Lindenmar · since 1951 · MEE
Mengen Department Store · Lindenmar · everything for the family under one roof
iron · Salzhafen · since 1989 · OBI
Brenn Foundry, Salzhafen: bar iron, rails, chain and castings to pattern.
banking · Brennholt · since 1965 · PPP
Brennholt Savings Bank: the safe keeping of deeds and plate. Offices at Brennholt.