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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 21 September 2015, tonight. The Courier's camera was there. Marrow Almanacs (Licensed) lists on the Vellmar Exchange as WTU.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

No names this week. Good.

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

Courts and Assembly

The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.

17 September 2015. An Act for the Better Provision of Military Pensions 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 Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Fenn: Concerning theft of coal. Ruling: bound over. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Bachen v. Wendl: Concerning an unpaid debt of 2730 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 546.1 pfen the loaf. Beer 819.2 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 108.13 marka. A room costs 378.47 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.

Born, wed, gone.

163 births, 95 weddings, 160 deaths this week. Population 719,980.

On this day

210 years ago. The autumn fair opens at Eisenheim. 500 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

209 years ago. The harvest at Grauholt is reported good. Grain is 7 pfen the measure. 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 A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
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 Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Sleep early on Friday. You will need it.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Clues marked Across run left to right; the rest run down. Solution in tomorrow's Courier. Entries with a licensed calendar reference are void. 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.