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The Evening Courier

Vellmar · Sunday, 22 July 2001 · No. 47,439 · Editor: Oskar Brenn · Late edition

Our picture: Vellmar, 22 July 2001, this afternoon. The Courier's camera was there. The Ostra rises 30 centimetres above its mark at Vellmar. Cellars in Garrison Street are flooded.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

CorporalJonas Mossbach, of OstrabruckThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy action18 July 2001

As issued by the War Ministry. The Courier adds nothing.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

21 July 2001. An Act for the Better Licensing of Causeway Timber goes through. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Kaltz v. Schoner: Concerning smoke from a paper mill at Norrwick. Ruling: dismissed. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

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

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. The Courier was there.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

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.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

211 births, 104 weddings, 180 deaths this week. Population 715,477.

On this day

194 years ago. A fire in Chapel Walk at Tarnmund destroys 2 houses. The volunteer brigade attend. No lives are lost. Report.

193 years ago. Tarnmoor marks the 300th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Orchard Lane. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2000 went to Grauburg Fortress. Full table.

ClubWL
Grauburg Fortress157
Reedside Athletic157
Marschau Garrison157
Hollstadt Workers148
Vellmar Wardens139
Norrwick Printers1210
Tarnmund Lake1111
Altstadt Pfahl Club1111
Weinfeld Vintners1012
Kessel Iron715
Ostrabruck Bridge517
Brennholt Farmers418

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 7 out of ten and the ferry 5.

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.
Taurus The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.
Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.
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 Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.
Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

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.