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Orange Jacobs: “It had passed through an ordeal of fire and was found to be not wanting in true metal.”

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It had passed through an ordeal of fire and was found to be not wanting in true metal.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

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Jacobs asserts the resilience and strength of a community that has endured hardship and emerged stronger.

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