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1 story matching refin
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:redefin, refil, refinanc, refineri, refinish, refit
- The Smelter Fires Up Again, and a Town Exhales
A second furnace roars to life at Northport's smelter on Thanksgiving week, the payroll swells — and a manager's quiet trip to the Orient mines hints that more stacks may follow.