Those old catalogs were trying to sell us things, but they also gave us a mirror. If you grew up in a middle-class home in the 1970s, you probably remember this scene. A stack of thick, glossy ...

While growing up this was one of my favorite times of the year – Catalog Season. Sears and Roebuck, Montgomery Wards and Spiegel catalogs arrived. Each a couple of inches thick with all the stuff a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marshall Rauch, a Jewish Gaston County politician who once was the largest Christmas ornament maker in the world died March 18. He ...

Marshall Rauch, a Jewish Gaston County politician who once was the largest Christmas ornament maker in the world died March 18. He was 102. Rauch was renowned for Gastonia-based Rauch Industries, ...

Spiegel Inc., the bankrupt retailer and publisher of the 99-year-old Spiegel catalog, has won court approval to sell its Newport News women's apparel unit to Pangea Holdings Ltd., a private investment ...

For those of us that fall into what's called the 'Baby Boomer' generation, there were four catalogs that we looked forward to growing up. OK, maybe first I should explain to the younger set just what ...

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio – We’re finally getting to the good stuff. My house has been a construction site since before Spring Break, with a Dumpster in the driveway and drop paper on the mudroom floor. We’ve ...

Christine Cochrum is a curvy influencer who loves to dress up in extraordinary old-timey styles, even for doing mundane tasks. Christine Cochrum Fashion looks good in every size — and in every era.

It may be a short story in a long setting, but when 86-year-old jewelry and watch industry veteran Seymour Holtzman and his wife Evelyn heard of the passing of actress and comedian Betty White, they ...

Marcus M. Spiegel was a prolific letter writer, corresponding as often as he possibly could with his beloved wife, Caroline, back home in Millersburg while he served in the Union Army during the Civil ...

Griffith was interested in entertainment, but his faith was also a priority. He initially set his hopes on becoming a preacher. During an interview with American Profile, Griffith revealed he used to ...

Eddie Bauer, the person, hadn’t run Eddie Bauer, the company, since he sold it in 1968. By 2004, Bauer was part of the Spiegel catalog company, which had filed for bankruptcy reorganization. In the ...