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The Missouri Synod Lutheran Church, formally known as the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), is a conservative, confessional branch of Lutheranism based in the United States. They believe that the Bible is the inspired and salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. | The Missouri Synod Lutheran Church, formally known as the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), is a conservative, confessional branch of Lutheranism based in the United States. They believe that the Bible is the inspired and salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. | ||
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Revision as of 11:35, 12 October 2025
Contents
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penny scale
These existed back then, exactly as described;
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Al, Benny, Chuck, deQuincy, and Edgeworth
"fictional names" of guys working at Wisebroad's Shoes
bringing out a fin
A five-dollar note is known colloquially as a fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck. A ten-dollar note is known colloquially as a ten-spot, a dixie, a sawbuck, or a tenner.
Brannock Device
The classic metal foot-measuring instrument you’ve seen in shoe stores and, yep, it dates right back to the 1930s.
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Pinochle and Sheepshead games Both Pinochle and Sheepshead are old, very social trick-taking card games with deep German and Central European roots, and both were hugely popular in the American Midwest (especially Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois) during the 1920s–1940s.
what curlers call a bonspiel
A bonspiel (Scottish Gaelic bàn spèil, meaning “a fair play” or “a gathering for a game”) is a curling competition or meet, usually involving multiple teams and lasting several days.
guy with the augur
An augur is a diviner, in this context a device to locate fish
Missouri Synod Lutheran
The Missouri Synod Lutheran Church, formally known as the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), is a conservative, confessional branch of Lutheranism based in the United States. They believe that the Bible is the inspired and salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
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swinging traffic at a bankruptcy sale
Moving stolen merchandise: fencing hot goods, or passing them along the chain (“He’s swinging traffic out the back door”).
