Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-252) and index
Focus and flash powder -- Well-heeled and downtrodden -- Hooch and homicide -- Vamps and vaudevillians -- Carnage and calamity -- Sluggers and southpaws -- Politicios and preachers -- Flivvers and flying machines -- Sidewalks and skylines
The Chicago Daily News boasted the inventive, aggressive writing of such luminaries as Carl Sandburg and Ben Hecht. It was also one of the first newspapers in the country to attract new readers by featuring black-and-white photography