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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Dammsee, 10 September 2014, before. You can tell which. Resting Life is wound up. 172 jobs are lost at Dammsee.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

SergeantAndreas Keter, of KesselkirchenThe 5th Marsh Regimentenemy fire9 September 2014the Order of the Reed

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.

10 September 2014. The Marsh Regiments Pay Act 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. Wendl: Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. You should have seen the faces.

The High Court. Isker v. Grau: Concerning smoke from a paper mill at Sudfurt. Ruling: damages of 6788 marka. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. The Crown v. Rusk: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Wendl v. Rademann: Concerning an unpaid debt of 40731 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff with costs. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Wendl: Concerning fraud on the War Ministry. Ruling: acquitted. The gallery was full.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

Bread 543.1 pfen the loaf. Beer 814.6 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 105.52 marka. A room costs 369.32 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 31,545.40. Bank rate 3.45 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 217,195,469 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

177 births, 106 weddings, 144 deaths this week. Population 720,071.

On this day

209 years ago. Tomas Lamm becomes Speaker of the Assembly. Report.

202 years ago. The paper mill at Dammberg burns through the night. 3 men are out of work. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2013 went to Grauburg Fortress. Full table.

ClubWL
Grauburg Fortress202
Reedside Athletic157
Altstadt Pfahl Club148
Hollstadt Workers148
Norrwick Printers139
Weinfeld Vintners1210
Kessel Iron1210
Marschau Garrison814
Vellmar Wardens715
Tarnmund Lake715
Brennholt Farmers517
Ostrabruck Bridge517

The Courier's verdict on the season: wet. Table below.

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.
Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.
Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.
Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius A stranger asks directions. Give the long way.
Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Solution in tomorrow's Courier. The setter is not responsible for the Grand Chancellor's name being awkward. 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.