by Sears Homes | Dec 16, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Yesterday, this website had its 500,000th visitor. That’s pretty exciting news. Since 1999, I’ve been writing and talking about Sears Homes. In August 2010, I started “blogging regularly” at this site. And then in June 2011, a new topic...
by Sears Homes | Feb 23, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Thursday evening, after some diligent searching, I found the obituary for Julia Hawley Hoyt, Addie’s mother. The microfilm was so badly faded that the text was barely legible, but I did find it. As I expected, Julia Hawley Hoyt never made it back to Lake Mills...
by Sears Homes | Feb 9, 2012 | Addie |
“In 1901, a death in a small town was a community event, and in a town with only 1800 people, death was a big event.” That’s one of about three dozen amazing tidbits I learned about funeral customs during my conversation with Marty Mitchell, Funeral...
by Sears Homes | Dec 3, 2011 | Addie |
Addie was exhumed on November 3, 2011, and taken to Milwaukee for an autopsy. To read why this was done, click here. To read the latest, click here. Two weeks after the exhumation, I talked with the medical examiner by phone, and he gave me a full report. Perhaps the...
by Sears Homes | Sep 28, 2011 | Uncategorized |
On June 19, 1901, 29-year-old Addie Hoyt Fargo – a beautiful, intelligent, gregarious young woman – was allegedly shot and killed by Enoch Fargo, her wealthy, powerful, 51-year-old husband. But Enoch was never punished for this crime. According to local...
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