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Shenandoah items

May 26, 1891 — The Gem Furnace has blown in and is again in full operation. The miners stacked upon the furnace grounds during the period of making repairs about 12,000 tons of splendid iron […]
Shenandoah river
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Big catch

May 25, 1887 — Mrs. Wm. Dingus on Wednesday of last week caught with a net at Long’s Mill, on the Shenandoah River, a German carp, weighing nine pounds. The fish was weighed carefully and […]
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Theft and arrest

May 24, 1892 — Several weeks ago Mr. Loewenstein’s store in this place was broken into and robbed of several pairs of shoes and gloves. At the time no clue could be secured to the […]