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The Evening Courier

Vellmar · Saturday, 1 August 2015 · No. 52,562 · Editor: Peter Fenn · Late edition

Our picture: Eisenheim, 1 August 2015, the crowd. Spot yourself. A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Eisenheim so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

The Ministry sent no names. The Courier is glad of it.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

31 July 2015. The Canal Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 17. Provides 77698 marka for works between Brennholt and Reedtal. You will notice, or you will not.

29 July 2015. An Act for the Better Improvement of Public Order goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 39 votes to 26. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 366 marka or 22 months. You will notice, or you will not.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. M. W.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Oberbach. Ruling: acquitted: the witness was drunk. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Dikkenn: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 3 months. You should have seen the faces.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

Bread 546.1 pfen the loaf. Beer 819.2 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 1081.34 marka. A room costs 409.58 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 32,662.80. Bank rate 3.83 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 225,234,811 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

169 births, 97 weddings, 159 deaths this week. Population 719,980.

On this day

197 years ago. Weinau marks the 500th anniversary of its charter with a procession along New Gate Walk. Report.

194 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Sandfeld and fells the old lime in New Gate Way. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2014 went to Grauburg Fortress. Full table.

ClubWL
Grauburg Fortress184
Altstadt Pfahl Club184
Hollstadt Workers166
Norrwick Printers157
Weinfeld Vintners139
Tarnmund Lake1111
Kessel Iron1012
Marschau Garrison1012
Ostrabruck Bridge715
Vellmar Wardens616
Reedside Athletic517
Brennholt Farmers319

Player of the season, says the Courier: whoever planted the last stake. Ten out of ten.

The Stars

Aries You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.
Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.
Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.
Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.
Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.
Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

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.