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"
... 1909
See also:
1904 in film
1904 in literature
1904 in music
1904 in sports
Events:
January 7 - The distress signal[?] "CQD" is established only to ...