EXAMPLE: *CONEY ISLAND REASON: *ESCAPE EXAMPLE: *SAFETY BICYCLING REASON: *FREED WOMEN FROM CHAPERONES EXAMPLE: *JOHN L. SULLIVAN, JAMES J. “GENTLEMAN JIM” CORBETT REASON: *OFFERED AN ESCAPE FROM WORK AND EVERY DAY CONCERNS EXAMPLE: *NATIONAL LEAGUE, NATIONAL NEGRO LEAGUE REASON: *OFFERED AN ESCAPE FROM WORK EXAMPLE: * ONE OF THE FIRST ONES IN CLEVELAND OHIO REASON: *LARGE QUANTITIES OF REASONABLY PRICED MANUFACTURED GOODS EXAMPLE: *MARSHALL FIELD REASON: *OFFERED PERSONALIZED SERVICES EXAMPLE: *F.W. WOOLWORTH REASON: *OFFERED BARGAIN PRICES EXAMPLE: *MONTGOMERY WARD, SEARS AND ROEBUCK REASON:BROUGHT DEPARTMENT-STORE MERCHANDISE TO FARMERS AND RESIDENTS OF SMALL TOWNS