Can you identify this mystery item?
The two wire tips can fold into the handle.  Is this a rug hook?

Ken Anderson says, That's not a rug hook on your mystery page.  That's a tool to help with buttoning a shirt, etc.  They're used by people with dexterity problems such as with arthritis.  Or to help with those darn hard to reach buttons.

Duane Black says, That object was used in the early years before hybrid seed corn.  Farmers would select the nicest ears at  harvest and save them for seed the following year. There were several ways to hang them up to dry. This object was one of them. You just push the jagged edge into the end of the ear of corn and then you would have a hook to hang it up to dry. simple, huh!!

Thanks to Terry Bird for several identifications.

Judy (Lyttle) Gulliver also provided a number of the needed identities with this message:
I will attempt to identify a couple more people in the picture of the police lineup...   I know the man in the middle of the bottom row is Pinkey (I don't recall his real first name) Morris, the chief at that time.  Also, if Arnie Siedelman was on the force at the time of this picture, he is on the top row, left. AND, if that's him, then there are four who are (or will be) chiefs and the one assistant chief (ever, as I understand it) pictured.
Pinkey Morris
Orville J Erickson
Harold Olson
Arnie Siedelman
and my dad, Thomas Lyttle, the assistant chief for a number of years.  If I think hard enough and, perhaps, long enough, I may be able to come up with the name of the man in the middle, top row.  I will do my best to sort out some pictures to take to our 55th high school reunion this September.  Kudos to all who give of their time and talents to the Ames Historical Society.