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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1935
Page
1
Roanoke Rapids police report three homes broken into during the night. No injuries reported, items stolen not disclosed. Residents urged to review security measures and report suspicious activity to local authorities.
Early today Roanoke Rapids reports eight homes entered and robbed with five more burglarized. A thief used a screen-door tool to lift hooks, entering Mac Johnson's Hamilton Street home and stealing about sixty dollars from a pocketbook before returning it with a knife and keys. A man named Hofler later saw a Negro fleeing near the Crutchfield residence with a bicycle.
Guests at the announcement party for Miss Josie Chase included Josephine Shaffner John Shaffner III William Shaffner and John Foster from Winston Salem Mr and Mrs Ray Goodman of Williamston and Mr and Mrs Steve Lipscomb of Richmond Also noted was a request to authorities to keep a temporary crossing at the station and make it permanent to ease traffic while concerns over proximity to the freight depot are debated.
This caption notes a scene taken from nearly the same spot as a prior image, twenty years later. It describes a modernized block with paved Avenue, curbs, gutters, new buildings, the White Way, underground wires replacing poles, and the absence of horse and buggy.
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