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Retired farmers discussed moving to bigger towns in 1916
The article discusses retired farmers preferring to live among old neighbors while towns grow by welcoming and attracting them. It notes a 1916 focus on aging rural residents and contrasts with earlier times, highlighting the desire to stay in familiar communities as the century progresses.
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King
The
George Iews
Rock
Rapids
Billy Sunday
Teddy
H. Rathman
Times Office
Pasadena
California
C. Christensen
Eanily Caugh Horn