City League showdown at Simmons Field on Saturday
In City League action Simmons Field hosts the Kilo Swats against the Rascoes at 31 P.M. Both teams have trained hard this week and the Saturday game is expected to draw local support. Nearby editor Carl Goerch visited Roanoke Rapids while in town last Friday.
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Kilo- Swats
Rascoes
Carl Goerch
Roanoke Rapids
T. Peace
J. T. Chase
Washington
North Carolina
Our City
WPTF
Raleigh
Roanoke Rapids Hosts World Series Spirit on Radio
In Roanoke Rapids crowds gathered to hear live radio updates from Comiskey Park on the All Star game while Scotland Neck reports the return on Monday July 3 of W. J. Partin, a Dawson area farmer who had vanished in January 1924 after weeks of family waiting for his comeback.
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Roanoke Rapids
Comiskey Park
Chicago
Scotland Neck
W. J. Partin
Dawson
Funeral for Mrs. Brewer in Roanoke Rapids
Funeral services for Mrs. J. R. Brewer were held Thursday at the Baptist Church with Rev. J. E. Kirk and Rev. W. H. Grantham officiating. She died June 5 at Roanoke Rapids Hospital after several weeks illness and was buried in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. Survived by her husband J. R. Brewer, daughter Miss Pauline Brewer, sister Mrs. T. M. Faison, and brothers E. J. Green and J. S. Green, with pallbearers and flower girls listed. The family had lived in Roanoke Rapids for twelve years. Born in Rockingham, N. C.
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J. R. Brewer
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Roanoke Rapids
Baptist Church
J. E. Kirk
W. H. Grantham
Brewer
J R. Brewer
Pauline Brewer
Messrs
Heck Black
O. R. Elmore
C. L. Massey
J. Robert Myrick
D. L. Balmer
Julian Glover
Hilda Hines
Ella Lee Taylor
Essie Mae Matkins
Margaret Dunning
Pearlie Istreko
Lucille Moore
Dorothy Johnson
Arline Batton
Mary Wolhair
Virginia Gurley
Alvarada Faison
Mae Smith
Downtown Department Store Robbery on Friday Morning
Thieves unknown robbed the Boston Chain Store corner of Roanoke Avenue and Second Streets early Friday, taking several hundreds of dollars of merchandise mainly men’s wear. Entrance was through a second floor window. Manager Walter Kee found the break upon opening. no clues reported by police.
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Boston
Roanoke Avenue
Second Streets
Walter Kee
Will Advertise Property In August
A new law changes tax-default property advertising from July to August. Authorities could not verify timing during final notices but have since clarified that all such properties will be advertised in August. The Attorney General and Local Government Commission indicated complexity from numerous General Assembly laws.
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Local Government Commission
General Assembly
New York Man Fined for Hailing Police Officer with Hello Cutie
Frank Madge of New York was fined 35.45 dollars for breach of etiquette after greeting a policewoman with the phrase Hello, Cutie. The incident reflects strict public decorum enforcement in the city.
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Frank Madge
New York
Cutie
Ilford Man Sentenced Over Flirtations Denounced as Pest
Alfred Smith of Ilford England was jailed for flirting with young women, labeled a menace to the public by authorities. The case highlights a rare legal action against intimate misconduct.
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Alfred Smith
Illford
Eng
Whitby Funeral Today for Mrs Martha Whitby
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Mrs Martha Whitby a Roanoke Rapids resident who died suddenly at her home on July 4th. The Rev S J Starnes officiated at the house 418 Madison Avenue and Roanoke Rapids Cemetery was the burial site. Pallbearers were members of the Roanoke Rapids Fire Department. Mrs Whitby survived by eight children including daughters Martha Whitby and Mrs Edward Barrett and son Buck Whitby along with several other children in Virginia and West Virginia and the family mourns her loss. She had lived in Roanoke Rapids 14 years and was highly regarded by many friends.
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Tilghman Furniture Company
Weldon
Roanoke Avenue
A. & P. Tea Co
Uptown
L. & S. Grocery
C. G. Tilgham
R. C. Campbell
Richmond
Martha Whitby
Madison Avenue
Whitby
Roanoke Rapids
Edward Barrett
Buck Whitby
N. H. Edwards
Bluefield
W. Va
Sophie Moseley
Ida Spraggins
Gasburg, Va
Gladys Whitby
George Whitby
Richmond, Va
Disturbance Over Holidays In Warrenton Section
Romey Moore, resident near the cotton mill in Warrenton, is jailed in default of 300 bond for assaulting two Negro men on the Fourth of July. He also faces possible charges for a prior assault on Joseph C. Powell, Warren County Register of Deeds, who was struck with a large club and left bleeding. Moore denied knowledge of the assaults, claimed intoxication, and remained in custody as officers prepared for further proceedings.
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Romey Moore
Warrenton
Joseph C. Powell
Register of Deeds
Warren County
Powell
Moore
Peter Wil
Ed. Bolton
Geo. Robinson
Frank Gibbs
Child Found Safe After Four-Hour Cambridge Search
After a four hour search involving police and neighbors, seven year old William Scott of Cambridge Massachusetts was found asleep in his own bed at home.
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William Scott
Cambridge
Mass
Hime
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