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	Aaron Montgomery Ward
		Ward, a young traveling salesman of dry goods, was concerned over the plight of many rural midwest Americans who he thought were overcharged and underserved by many of the smalltown retailers on whom they had to rely for their general merchandise.
		Aaron Montgomery Ward was born on February 17, 1844 in Chatham, New Jersey.
		The Montgomery Ward catalog's place in history was assured when the Grolier Club, a society of bibliophiles in New York, exhibited it in 1946 alongside Webster's dictionary as one of the hundred books with the most influence on life and culture of the American people.
	encyclopedia.stateuniversity.com /pages/416/Aaron-Montgomery-Ward.html (604 words)

	Aaron Montgomery Ward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ward, a young traveling salesman of dry goods, was concerned over the plight of many rural midwest Americans who he thought were overcharged and underserved by many of the smalltown retail hello ers on whom they had to rely for their general merchandise.
		Aaron Montgomery Ward was born on February 17, 1844 in Chatham, New Jersey.
		Montgomery Ward died in 1913, at the age of 69.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aaron_Montgomery_Ward (909 words)

	Mail Order
		Montgomery Ward and Sears, both based in Chicago, were the leaders of the early mail-order industry and became giant enterprises through catalog sales long before they began to open retail stores.
		Montgomery Ward and Co., the world's first giant mail-order enterprise, started in Chicago just after the fire of 1871.
		Wards, which opened several mail-order branches across the country during the first part of the twentieth century, was employing over seven thousand men and women in the Chicago area by 1910.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/779.html (1585 words)

	Montgomery Ward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Montgomery Ward is also the name of a new Internet and catalog-based retailer that was established in late 2004.
		Ward himself became widely popular among residents of Chicago, championing the causes of the common folk over the wealthy, most notably in his successful fight to establish parkland along Lake Michigan.
		In 1900, Wards had total sales of $8.7 million, compared to $10 million for Sears, Roebuck and Company, and the two companies were to struggle for dominance for much of the 20th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Montgomery_Ward (1453 words)

	Montgomery Ward - MSN Encarta
		Montgomery Ward (1844-1913), American merchant, credited with originating the sale of merchandise through the mails.
		He was the founder of Montgomery Ward & Company, which was once the oldest mail-order house in the United States.
		Ward was also known for helping preserve Chicago's lakefront.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577779/Montgomery_Ward.html (134 words)

	Business Library, The University of Western Ontario
		Ward was the first to introduce the "Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back" policy in the Montgomery Ward 1875 catalog with his innovative promise to refund the purchase price to any customers dissatisfied with their purchases.
		Aaron Montgomery Ward was born on February 17, 1844, in Chatham, New Jersey, to a family whose forebears had served as officers in the French and Indian Wars as well as in the American Revolution.
		Aaron Montgomery Ward died December 8, 1913, at the age of 69, a victim of pulmonary edema.
	www.lib.uwo.ca /business/wards-ourpage.html (4614 words)

	The Ultimate Montgomery Ward - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Montgomery Ward (popularly known as Wards) was an American department store chain, founded as the world's first mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward.
		Ward observed that rural customers often wanted "city" goods but were often victimized by monopolists who offered no guarantee of quality.
		Ward himself became widely popular among residents of Chicago, championing the causes of the common folk over the wealthy, most notably in his successful fight to establish parkland along Lake Michigan.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Montgomery_Ward (1229 words)

	Friends of the Parks
		Aaron Montgomery Ward was born on February 17, 1844 in Chatham, New York.
		Montgomery Ward, who had just built his company's stately headquarters building on the northwest side of Michigan and Madison Avenues, gazed out from his office at this expanse and saw the potential for a great city park, that was ordained by the canal commissioners in 1836.
		Ward always felt he was working on behalf of the citizens of Chicago with his steadfast struggle, and never understood why he was not appreciated for his vision and efforts.
	www.fotp.org /pr/mward.asp (1240 words)

	Montgomery Ward - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Ward, (Aaron) Montgomery (1844-1913), American merchant, credited with originating the sale of merchandise through the mails.
		Ward, Monte (John Montgomery) (1860-1925), American baseball player and manager, one of the more versatile players in history.
		Montgomery Ward (later known as Wards) was an American department store chain, founded as the world's first mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward
	encarta.msn.com /Montgomery_Ward.html (167 words)

	Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum: Aaron Montgomery Ward
		Montgomery Ward and Company was a success, and they continue to operate store in Chicago and beyond to this day.
		Ward began a movement to clean up the lakefront, and fought for years in the courts.
		Ward and his family occupy a private room in the eastern part of the mausoleum, protected by an ornate bronze gate.
	www.graveyards.com /IL/Cook/rosehill/ward.html (228 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Aaron Montgomery Ward
		Ward, a young traveling salesman of dry goods, was concerned over the plight of many rural Midwest Americans who he thought were being overcharged and under-served by many of the small town retailers on whom they had to rely for their general merchandise.
		It is said that in 1880, Aaron Montgomery Ward himself initially wrote all catalog copy.
		Ward's catalog soon was copied by other enterprising merchants, most notably Richard W. Sears, who mailed his first general catalog in 1896.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Aaron_Montgomery_Ward (942 words)

	American National Business Hall of Fame, ANBHF
		Ward had become convinced that Chicago's lakefront should be transformed into a beautiful public park, available to all citizens.
		Ward's private brands were given 95 percent of the volume compared with 40 percent in 1960.
		The turnaround at Montgomery Ward and Company was one of a number of developments in the late 1950s and 1960s which together created an environment of unprecedented competition for industry leader Sears, Roebuck and Company.
	www.anbhf.org /retailing.html (6566 words)

	Montgomery Ward drops out of crowded retail field
		CHICAGO - Montgomery Ward's decision to shut its doors may have been a gloomy way to ring in the New Year, but retail analysts and owners alike say the news isn't necessarily bad for the industry.
		Montgomery Ward's demise was no surprise to Bernard Sosnick, a retail analyst with New York-based Fahnestock & Co. Given the company's poor performance and the ever-growing list of competitors, the downfall was inevitable, he says.
		Although the Montgomery Ward bankruptcy spells the end for another retail icon, the long-range outlook for the industry is by no means bleak, he adds.
	nreionline.com /mag/real_estate_montgomery_ward_drops/index.html (1348 words)

	Montgomery Ward comes back, sans stores - Boston.com
		Five years after Montgomery Ward went out of business, its brand name has been revived on the Internet and there's even a 21st-century version of the Wards holiday catalog that was standard fare in American households for decades at this time of year.
		Many of Montgomery Ward's old vendors and products and several former employees are part of the new Wards, which sells 46,000 items online ranging from rugs to recliners and home electronics to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer yard art.
		Ward would be pleased to know that the tradition of excellence which he began continues in an exciting new way with Wards.com," the Wards Web site proclaims.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/12/07/montgomery_ward_comes_back_sans_stores (1164 words)

	Chicago Department Stores & Retail Entrepreneurs
		Montgomery Ward, better known as Wards, was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward in 1872 as the world's first mail-order business.
		Ward's catalogue was known to many as the “Wish Book.” It experienced rapid growth, and in 1883 had grown to 240 pages and 10,000 items.
		The Montgomery Ward catalog's place in history was assured when the Grolier Club, a society of bibliophiles in New York, exhibited it in 1946 alongside Webster's dictionary as one of one hundred American books chosen for their influence on life and culture of the people.
	www.umich.edu /~eng217/student_projects/chicagoretail/wardstore.htm (633 words)

	illinoisreview: Illinois Hall of Fame: Montgomery Ward
		Ward was born in Chatham, New Jersey on Feb. 17, 1844 and he grew up in Niles and St. Joseph, Michigan where he first learned to be a successful salesman.
		Ward was based in St. Louis for a while as he travelled to the small towns of Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas as a salesman in the late 1860s.
		Montgomery Ward and Company was the first national retail business in America to operate exclusively by mail order and not from stores.
	illinoisreview.typepad.com /illinoisreview/2006/10/illinois_hall_o_14.html (1502 words)

	Chris Van Wagenen - Tough times for retailer Ward's
		Ward's case wasn't helped in 1988, when the chain was unloaded by Mobil Corp., in a leveraged buyout that cost an estimated $3.8 billion.
		Montgomery Ward was founded in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward and George R. Thorne, who together launched the world's largest general-merchandise mail-order catalogs.
		Ward's situation wasn't helped last week when a group of small creditors decided to balk at a proposed plan that the retailer said would restore its health.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/071397/chrisvan.htm (632 words)

	Montgomery Ward: The World's First Mail-Order Business
		The Montgomery Ward Tower, on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Madison Street in Chicago, reigned as a major tourist attraction in the early 1900s.
		Aaron Montgomery Ward, who was called "one of the nation's first environmentalists," said that he "fought for the poor people of Chicago, not for the millionaires.
		Montgomery Ward died December 8, 1913, at the age of 69.
	www.lib.niu.edu /ipo/2000/ihy000441.html (1125 words)

	NewsScan Publishing Inc. - NewsScan Daily Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Ward's Chicago location is probably best memorialized by the city's lakefront that owes so much of its eye-catching beauty to his personal efforts.
		Ward was born in New Jersey in 1844 and moved to Michigan as a boy.
		Montgomery Ward & Company or "Monkey Ward's," as it was affectionately dubbed by its loyal customers, was really never meant to be a store.
	www.newsscan.com /cgi-bin/findit_view?table=honorary_subscriber&id=684 (467 words)

	About Montgomery Ward
		For over 128 years, Montgomery Ward was a well-known and trusted catalog retailer based in Chicago, Illinois.
		Ward would be pleased to know that the tradition of excellence which he began continues in an exciting new way with Wards.com!
		We are proud to offer you the "Montgomery Ward Credit Line" to make shopping even more convenient.
	www.wards.com /wards/aboutus.asp?partner=0 (245 words)

	Aaron Montgomery Ward Summary
		Ward and his partner started their business with only a $2,400 stock of goods housed in a loft and displayed in a one-page catalog, but the enterprise was immediately successful.
		Ward fought back by sending displays throughout the Midwest and by trumpeting his conviction that mail order had saved farmers millions by forcing country stores to lower prices.
		Today, more than a century later, Montgomery Ward and Co. adheres to the philosophy of "satisfaction guaranteed",an unheard-of policy when Ward announced it in 1875.
	www.bookrags.com /Aaron_Montgomery_Ward (1292 words)

	Direct Mail & The Internet: Then & Now
		Aaron Montgomery Ward had been observing the plight of the farmer for many years.
		Ward had noted that farmers, during the 1800s, more often than not, bought on credit, and some didn't even pay (Hoge, 1988).
		Ward understood how the railroads worked and that they could provide an efficient, low-cost means of distribution goods to large numbers, over wide spaces.
	ciadvertising.org /SA/fall_02/adv391k/balongnecker/DM/ward.html (492 words)

	Montgomery Ward & Co. - Encyclopedia.com
		It was founded in Chicago in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward (1844–1913), who bought merchandise wholesale and sold it directly to farmers.
		Ward's in a bind: chain said to halt some payments.(Montgomery Ward and Co.)
		Montgomery Ward filed for bankruptcy in December after weak holiday sales and a poor retailing environment caused the 128-year-old retailer...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1B1-372542.html (887 words)

	Online NewsHour: Store Closing - February 5, 2001
		Ward had a different thing in mind, which is that you can sell products to customers you never saw, and people would buy things they never touched or held.
		Aaron Montgomery Ward was an early social activist as well as an entrepreneur.
		Ward's had the same problem with its retail stores as it did with the catalog.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/business/jan-june01/ward_02-05.html (1211 words)

	Revival on Internet puts Montgomery Ward back in business
		Five years after Montgomery Ward went out of business, its brand name has been revived on the Internet, and there is even a 21st-century version of the Ward's holiday catalog, which was standard fare in American households for decades at this time of year.
		Without stores, this Ward's is a bit different from the chain that thrived for more than a century until liquidating in 2001 after Wal-Mart and other discounters and department stores left it badly out of fashion.
		Ward would be pleased to know that the tradition of excellence which he began continues in an exciting new way with Wards.com," the Ward Web site says.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /business/295394_montgomeryward11.html (1004 words)

	Burnham and Ward in 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This is Daniel Burnham and I'm A. Montgomery Ward.
		AARON MONTGOMERY WARD I did a lot of traveling as a salesman early in my career, and I saw that there was a real need in the rural areas for more than just the small general stores with their limited selection of goods and high prices.
		AARON MONTGOMERY WARD: The Museum Campus was an appropriate use of the south end of the downtown lakefront.
	ericzorn.com /extra/burnham (7313 words)

	Ward (Montgomery) & Co.
		The world's first great mail-order retail company was founded in Chicago in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward.
		Ward, a New Jersey native, arrived in Chicago in 1866 and found a job with Field, Palmer and Leiter, the large dry-goods business that would become Marshall Field and Co. After selling Field's products in hard-to-reach rural areas for several years, Ward decided to create an easier means to market merchandise.
		In 1974, with about 450 stores across the country and nearly $900 million in annual sales, Ward was purchased by the Mobil Oil Corp. After Mobil sold Ward in 1985, the retailer became a private company.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/2895.html (537 words)

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