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►me,y8.lev.jove termfint was made Saturday at Dixon* *res- ville.. - ;• ••. ;. •was ‘ * * fI]8 is Bad Condition at Qr«eo8barir.'re— The ministers of Greensbnrg, in an Mrs, orderly way, have asked the Greensbnrg ip— borough council to employ, its police i of powers for the suppression of gambling dens and disorderly houses now alleged by the ministers to exist within the cor* poration's limits. The police authori ties ridmit the existence of the gambling dens and disorderly houses. ,, That issue is therefore joined between the ministers was and the borough authorities. The min-h in isters have the locations of the gambling Lid- dens#and the names of their several prolev. prietors; the location of the disorderly rofd hduses aud the names of their managers igh- and finally, these ministers have the tade names of the owners of1 the several prop-last ertiee now prostituted to the uses of gamblers and lt;disreputable women.. Therefore it would seem that the minis* ters are equipped for a finish fight with 3 p, two of the town’s worst evils, gar, The merchants of Greensbnrg and the the hotel keepers of the town have combinedtits- in a protest to the counoil in which they leld declare, as their petition reoites, that— i oh The public peace and ordinary quiet ter* of our borough have for months been I by assaulted and the lives of many of our era, people have been jeopardized by a band of reckless ruffians, who have been securing protection behind the pretense ate» that they are striking miners. -Greens-s is burg Press, *en: Sure the above is a sad condition for atart city like Greeusburg, or indeed any oth-inel er oily. A smaller town ip the saiqe Lam oonnty, it is alleged, is unsafe for a was woman tc be out alone after night, *ry- There ought to be the right kind of police force engaged to clean up such places,
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Indiana Weekly Messenger
Indiana, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jan 18, 1911
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