Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1895 — Stockings. [ARTICLE]

Stockings.

Stockings are first mentioned in'llterature as being already worn about the year 1100. They are alluded to as a great invention and far Superior to the former practice of wrapping the feet in cloth bandages.