Word: gang
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...land of the dead and gone. When "The Miracle Man" appeared in book form from the pen of Frank Packard it was an effective and striking story, but in the play, George Cohan has treated the Patriarch of Needley, Maine, and his faith, strong enough to make a "gang of crooks go straight", in a manner which amuses but does not convince...
With evil intent comes "Doc" Madison and his gang to exploit the healing powers of the Patriarch. But they reckon without two things--faith and love. On the eve of success, Helena, who is posing as the Patriarch's long-lost granddaughter, suffers twinges of conscience. She finally tells Harry Evans and Michael Coogan that she can not go through with the conspiracy. The Patriarch is too good a man. But, the forces of good have not been working on Helena alone. Both Harry and Michael have found in this little village a love which has shown them the error...
Three well organized gangs of bootleggers are said to control the landing and distributing business in Highlands, one gang from Newark, one from Trenton, one from Scranton...
...speaker stated that on one day, supposed to be a holiday, the I. W. W. gang was ordered to unload some coal. When they refused point blank to work while the other prisoners were enjoying a moving picture they were placed in isolation, put on bread and water, and strung up by the hands for fourteen days for eight hours a day. On the eight day they were beaten with baseball bats by some prisoners who had been given long sentences for murder and other crimes, and who beat the men with the hope of getting a commutation...
...familiar and less familiar. The new Converse song, "Harvard, Sovereign Mother", is a feature of this part of the book. In the remainder of the volume are fifty or more songs of various types, ranging from the splendid "Prayer of Thanksgiving" at one extreme to "Hall, Hall, the Gang's All Here!" at the other...