Both The Mill on Halfway Brook and Echo Hill and Mountain Grove include letters to and from Solomon City (now Solomon), Kansas, as that is where my grandfather Mort Austin, and his siblings Ell (James Eldred Austin) and Lon Austin … Continue reading
Seems Grandma and Grandpa Austin must have known each other for all their lives. The Austins lived on the hill at one side of town, the Leavenworth’s on other.—Melva. In the hamlet of Eldred everyone knew everyone—whether they lived on … Continue reading
Lon Austin and Mr. Proctor As mentioned at the beginning of the Chapter 6, Uncle Lon (A.A. Austin) managed some Lochada property for the Proctors in the 1880s. Lochada, the Proctor’s home, overlooked Loch Ada (Haggai’s Pond). Their English Tudor … Continue reading
Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, was the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange. The street runs through the historical center of the Financial District. The street name was derived from the 17th century when … Continue reading
1897 Work for A.A. Austin 3 hours with horse .60 4 hours with horse .80 half day with horse 1.00 6 hours with horse 1.20 A load coal 1.00 1898 work for A.A. Austin Feed 2.50 Hay, straw 2.50 Horse … Continue reading
Groceries 1899 1 chip beef .25 2 cans cocoa .50 1 coffee .20 1 corn .25 1 dish .25 1 pk. flour 1.40 8.5# ham 1.02 11-3/4# ham 1.53 4 lamps complete 1.00 100 meal 1.05 2 maple syrup .24 … Continue reading
Addie Thompson, N.Y.C.,to Mary Ann Austin November 24, 1898 Dear Aunt Mary, …I have had a fearful cold on my lungs and a gathering in my head; have not got over it yet, although I am better, but the weather … Continue reading
The following are ads for Paine’s Celery Compound and Fellow’s Syrup in an 1896 newspaper which are mentioned in the letter which will be in the next post. Paine’s Celery Compound It is not that rheumatism, neuralgia, insomnia, and kidney … Continue reading
