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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1927
Page
3
Adolph Loth and Amalia Lange were married Tuesday morning August 2 at the Catholic Church. The bride, daughter of J. and Mrs. Chas. J. Lange, wore white satin. The groom, a Fredericksburg businessman, is a former resident. A wedding feast followed at the bride's parents’ home.
Harper won 8 to 0 at Kerrville, evening the series as Kerrville errors allowed the visitors to score in the third inning. Lloyd pitching allowed 7 hits with 6 Kerrville errors, while Harper's Jung fanned 6. The record lists base hits by Michon Jonas and mentions multiple local attendees at the event.
Fort Worth August 2 A call to Texans interested in flood water conservation especially along the upper Colorado Trinity and Brazos rivers to meet in Abilene August 18 to consider actions by the state board of water engineers granting power rights along the Colorado river was issued by West Texas Chamber of Commerce and Texas Conservation association officials.
Officials warned that without swift action the right to water in the Colorado Trinity and Brazos basins could pass from the people as with the Colorado. The meeting, led by Homer Wade, included J A Kemp and A W Spencer, as San Saba Brownwood dam permit applications prompted debate. A Texas farmer was denied a Concho river pumping permit, cited as the Colorado watershed being already fully subscribed.
The draw's path into the Colorado prompts landowners to claim authority to impound stock water and to irrigate a truck patch from resource runoff.
A. V. Millikin also known as Avery V. Jacks was sentenced to death by electrocution at Huntsville on September 23 after conviction for the murder of Mrs. Virginia Petty in New Braunfels. The case moved from Comal County and the sentence followed an affirmed appeal to the court of last resort. Millikin appeared with Sheriff Ellison and faced spectators as the sentence was read.
Millikin faced the death penalty in a Texas case that drew wide attention including San Antonio. He appeared calm and well-dressed as Judge Jeffery delivered the sentence, marking the jurist’s first capital punishment ruling. Millikin was moved to Huntsville penitentiary via transfer after the verdict.
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