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In "Boom Town" by Sonia Levitin, a story set in a town experiencing rapid growth, residents utilize tools like a metal bar tool for heavy work and a skillet for cooking. Coins are essential in this period, as is mending clothes, with laundry and spells of busy business all around.
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Boom Town By: Sonia Levitin
Boom Having rapid growth
Pick A tool with a heavy metal bar pointed at one or both ends, having a long wooden handle
Fetched To go and get something; bring
Skillet A shallow pan with a handle, used for frying.
Coins A flat, round piece of metal used as money.
Spell A period or time of anything
Business Work done to earn a living
Laundry A room or building where clothes are washed and ironed
Mending Sewing that requires a hole or tear