{"id":3384,"date":"2012-07-25T14:09:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2012-07-25T14:09:55","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T18:09:55","slug":"homestead-cottage-1906","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/?p=3384","title":{"rendered":"Homestead Cottage, 1906"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3391\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_3391\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 169px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1906-7-Jennie-well.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1906-7-Jennie-well-159x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1906-7-Jennie-well\" width=\"159\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3391\" srcset=\"http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1906-7-Jennie-well-159x300.jpg 159w, http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1906-7-Jennie-well.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_3391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennie Austin getting water at the well. Photo courtesy of Mary A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3395\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_3395\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 710px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1906-7-austin-Eldred-cart.191.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1906-7-austin-Eldred-cart.191.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1906-7-austin-Eldred-cart.19\" width=\"700\" height=\"566\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3395\" srcset=\"http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1906-7-austin-Eldred-cart.191.jpg 700w, http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1906-7-austin-Eldred-cart.191-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_3395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the Austin&#8217;s Homestead Cottage in 1906. Photo courtesy of Mary A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3392\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_3392\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 710px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1906-Jennie-ladies-on-porch-July.20-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1906-Jennie-ladies-on-porch-July.20-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1906-Jennie,-ladies-on-porch-July.20-copy\" width=\"700\" height=\"446\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3392\" srcset=\"http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1906-Jennie-ladies-on-porch-July.20-copy.jpg 700w, http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1906-Jennie-ladies-on-porch-July.20-copy-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_3392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ladies sitting on porch of Homestead Cottage. Photo courtesy of Mary A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As you might imagine, running a<br \/>\nboarding house was a considerable<br \/>\namount of hard work, including<br \/>\nin 1906, getting water from the well.<\/p>\n<p>Just like many other boarding house<br \/>\nowners, Mort Austin also farmed. <\/p>\n<p>In 1906 Mort and Jennie Austin&#8217;s<br \/>\n3 sons: McKinley, 7, Raymond, 6,<br \/>\nand Willie (Bill), 3. <\/p>\n<p>Their grandfather <a href=\"http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/?p=3057\">Henry Austin<\/a> still<br \/>\nlived with them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you might imagine, running a boarding house was a considerable amount of hard work, including in 1906, getting water from the well. Just like many other boarding house owners, Mort Austin also farmed. 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