May Department Stores, Mary Livingstone[?] was working as a lingerie salesgirl here when she met her future husband Jack Benny. Later, the department store was used as a setting in his radio and television shows.
Sears & Roebuck[?], later Sears[?], its first mail order catalogs caused prices to drop all over the country, leading to their being called "the great price maker"
... March 26 - Joseph Campbell, author and expert on mythology
March 28 - Werner Bahlsen[?], biscuit[?] producer (+ 1985)
April 3 - Sally Rand[?], dancer (+ 1979)
April ...