Today we  look at some of the wool apparel for sale during 1923 as found in the Williams News.

Babbitts and Duffy Bros. were the two main stores in Williams.  Each had many weekly ads. There was one advertisement found during the year for Dial and England and one for Matthews Racket Store. Dial and England sold ladies wool hose (other items were sold but not germane to this blog) and Matthews had sports hats with wool trimmings (also other types of hats).  Clothing sold at both Babbitts and Duffy Bros. were similar but Duffy’s seemed to be the store with the lower prices and it advertised as the store “where thrifty people trade”.   

There was not a great deal of selection at either Babbitts or Duffy Bros. reviewing their ads for the year. Items included ladies’ wool skirts and suits with two pairs of trousers for both men and boys. Wool riding pants lace leg, double seat was available at Babbitt’s. Both stores had a selection of wool sweaters, knit caps, ladies and misses wool gloves, hose, men’s wool shirts and men’s socks.

For those who were “clever”, meaning could sew, wool batting was available for making comforters at Duffy Bros. Both establishments sold wool material.

And to finish our story on wool – from the May 4^th edition of the Williams News, “there are still a few people who use the old spinning wheel, spinning yarn from the pure wool. Mrs. Robert Gleason of Pittman Valley is doing this, and has some fine yarn, ranging in color from pure white to jet black, that she has spun”.