2000: Montgomery Ward & Co. — one of the nation’s oldest retailers and a venerable Chicago institution — announced it would ...

A Chicago nonprofit, in conjunction with the American Federation of Teachers, is suing the U.S. Department of Education over ...

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was conceived for a purely Scrooge-like reason — to make money. Thankfully, its creator saw the Montgomery Ward marketing campaign as an opportunity to be as bold in his ...

Johnny Marks at the piano in a publicity photo. Photo: Courtesy St. Nicholas Music.

It was revealed that the Baker Motor Co. at 515 North Broadway has been purchased by Chellis Ferguson. The new business will be named Ferguson Motor Co. and will retain the Hudson agency.

While there are many classic Christmas special movies and shows that one can binge on from the comfort of their homes this ...

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev waved as he passed the Perry Montgomery Ward store on his way to Coon Rapids on Sept. 23, ...

In preparation for Christmas, we put together your comprehensive reindeer guide on their favorite foods, what to know about ...

Sears, Roebuck & Co., Spiegel, Montgomery Ward — but ordering from them was no fun. They couldn’t compare to holding the ...

For all the wrapping paper, lights, and gingerbread cookies, Christmas has been around far longer than toy catalogs and ...

1647 English Puritans under Oliver Cromwell, who overthrew Anglican King Charles I ban Christmas celebration. After chopping ...

Downtown Galesburg in the 1960s during the weeks before Christmas was packed with people. I recall the small Salvation Army ...