It was not Roman Catholics alone who were interested in news of the 1926 Eucharistic Congress, which drew crowds of hundreds of thousands to Soldier Field for several days. The pilgrimage to the northern suburb of Mundelein on the final day of the Congress provided the Chicago Daily News with a number of compelling front-page stories, enlivened with details such as the pilgrims' consumption of ten tons of hot dogs, the crush of passengers on the trains, which began running at two-minute intervals from 4 a.m., and the Daily News's own pride at getting photographs from Mundelein into papers on the street within two hours, thanks to swift delivery by airplane.

Creator: Chicago Daily News
Source: Newberry Library