The two U shaped ones are for making hairpin lace. Or they are misplaced staples for landscape fabric,lol. Hard to tell without knowing the size.
the spring could be from a number of things. I have seen them holding old fashioned electric motors onto things, but when retrieving it from memory I have 3 possibilities. One was an old massager my stepdad had, that had three springs that held it to your hand. Another was possibly holding a motor to a sewing machine, but that one, while topical is very hazy. The third one isn't a motor, but it could be the spring between 2 hooks holding on an ironing board cover. Again, unsure if the size.
The hook is a bit of a mystery. The screw is if a sort that was typically used on furniture, like to hold on antimacassars, but they had a little crystal button on top. My first impulse was a knitting dealie, and you know they say to always go with your first answer in a test, lol.
ETA: my sewing machine, which was my mom's has all sorts of non sewing things in the drawers. If I'm not around when they go through it, there's going to be a LOT of puzzlement, lol.
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