All of these reasons were in back of their staying on in Norfolk. There were other reasons. tooreasons of which they seldom spokebut which. nonetheless. held them in Norfolk or near Norfolk. Here was where a first baby was born. Here was where a beloved father and mother were laid to rest in the cemetery. Here was where a German boy from Wisconsin had met a Swedish immigrant girl. where they had married. where their common toil and sacrifice had brought forth a rich. producing farm from what had once been trackless prairie. Here were ties which could not easily be broken. Friends lived in and around Norfolk.
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