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Remember when Sears led Fond du Lac's shopping scene? Here's its journey from Main Street to the...
FDL Reporter | The Reporter via Yahoo News· 6 months agoFOND DU LAC — Long before local malls came and went as a one-stop shopping experience, Main Street...
Editorial: Goodbye, Sears. Now Chicago needs to nurture its next great company.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHoliday traditions come and go, but for many Chicagoans of a certain age, Christmas started when the “Wish Book” arrived in the mailbox from Sears, Roebuck and Co. This fat catalog usually came ...
Sears catalog house south of Tamaqua renovated, at center of enclave's revival
Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSep. 5—TAMAQUA — Jim Hain believes his grandparents, Charles and Catherine Houser, ordered a new house from a Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog in the late 1920s or early 1930s. "The house was ...
Of Sears and schools: The life and work of Julius Rosenwald | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe dynamic business Rosenwald created was Sears. The schools he built were the Rosenwald Schools,...
Sears Hometown Store to close in Wisconsin Rapids, liquidation sale underway
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWISCONSIN RAPIDS – Sears is closing in Wisconsin Rapids. The Sears Hometown Store announced Friday morning it would begin a liquidation sale immediately that will run through July 14. Customers ...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: History of Tower built by Sears reflects highs and lows of city’s business...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Willis Tower was built with cutting-edge technology and ageless chutzpah, a word that could be translated as an intoxicating sense of omnipotence. When planning for what was originally called ...
1 year of Name, Image and Likeness: What has changed, and what's coming?
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBLOOMINGTON – In the late 1980s, while he attended Notre Dame law school, Kevin Warren often noted a...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: 100 years of WLS — the ‘World’s Largest Store’ — radio
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThe year 1924 was a memorable one in Chicago. Construction of Soldier Field was completed. Two wealthy University of Chicago students committed what they called “the perfect murder.” And a company ...
FYI, The Cardigan Was Named After Someone Specific
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMister Rogers may be the most iconic cardigan-wearer in pop culture history. The knitwear world is filled with different styles, from chunky oversized...
Caprock Chronicles: Elmer The Great: Texas Tech’s first sports superstar
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEditor's Note: Caprock Chronicles is edited by Jack Becker, retired Texas Tech University librarian....