Scarce 1897 Hood's Spelling School Game, Complete, with Extensive Rules Booklet-- and Sarsaparilla Advertising! etched glass vase is responsible for keeping time

is responsible for keeping time moving forward

This amazing little cathedral I know came from the estate of a pastor in Iowa

and the gold paint

I have no idea the backstory to this old handmade copper hand

Scarce 1897 Hood's Spelling School Game, Complete, with Extensive Rules Booklet-- and Sarsaparilla Advertising! etched glass vase is responsible for keeping timeThis is a scarce one like Anagrams, but with bright yellow letters, the backs of them printed with Hood's Sarsaparilla, a root beer like drink promoted as a health tonic with far ranging benefits. Those benefits are details in the printed booklet, which, far more usefully, includes many pages of details for different and increasingly sophisticated games to be played with these letters and which, I do believe, make a compelling argument for them as