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The People in Addie’s Life and Death Sears Modern Homes

WEBUncle Smith Hoyt, Six-year-old nephew (“Ernie”), Mother, and Father. The six most important people in her life were dead in a period of two years. And her sister …

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The Other Magnificent Miltons: In Ohio and New Jersey

WEBThe Sears Magnolia gets all the press, but before the Magnolia, Sears offered another “Magnificent Mansion”: The Sears Milton.. To my delight and astonishment, we …

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They Didn’t *Act* Like It Was Diphtheria…

WEBLast night, I stayed up way too late reading about the Wisconsin State Health Code in the early 1900s.. And frankly, it was a fascinating read. To understand …

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The Murder of Addie Hoyt Fargo Sears Modern Homes

WEBOn 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, …

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Sweet Home, Alabama (Sears Magnolia) Sears Modern Homes

WEBIt was one day in 1964 that Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Woolf, Mrs. Golden’s parents, got a call from the Webb’s daughter who offered to sell them the homestead for …

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The Quiet Heros Among Us Sears Modern Homes

WEBSoon, the surgeons re-appeared and told us that everything went very well. Within 24 hours of Kasee’s surgery, the new kidney had produced eight quarts of urine. …

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HUD: Destroying History One House At a Time

WEBYep, Historic Building Code sets precedent for all but the worst of health and safety violations. Tell HUD to go pound sand. The buyer needs a good real estate …

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Dr. Oatway, Why *Were* You in Such a Hurry

WEBDoctor Oatway must have been in quite a hurry when he filled out Addie’s death certificate, for he made a number of mistakes on the form. 1) Addie’s …

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Dr. Oatway, Your Slip is Showing! Sears Modern Homes

WEBDr. Oatway misrepresented the facts on Addie’s death certificate. Or he misrepresented the facts to the state board of health. Either of which tell us, Dr. Oatway …

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History and Her Story Sears Modern Homes

WEBThe older I get, the more I realize, I just love history, and as is evidenced by the Addie blogs, I have a special passion for the story of the women in my family.. My …

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finding the houses that sears built Sears Modern Homes

WEBThat’s What Happens When I Don’t Pay Attention… by Sears Homes | Dec 3, 2018 | Uncategorized | 5 comments. As mentioned in a prior blog, I spent more than …

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Eleven Signposts That Suggest A Suspicious Death

WEBAccording to Mary Wilson’s book (A History of Lake Mills, published 1983), Addie was murdered by her husband, Enoch J. Fargo.A cover-up story was contrived …

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Was Aunt Addie Shot in the Head

WEBThere’s another tough sell in this story. The timing. So Addie was unwell late Tuesday morning, and dead by 2:00 am Wednesday morning. Addie dies at 2:00 A. M. …

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Addie: 11 Signposts That Suggest A Suspicious Death

WEBAddie allegedly died of diphtheria on June 19, 1901. Click here to read the full obituary.According to Mary Wilson’s book (A History of Lake Mills, published 1983), …

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Bucktrout Cemetery: Even Penniman’s Dead Have Been Forgotten

WEBIt was unlike anything we can imagine today. In the midst of this, a small graveyard was opened up on Horatio Bucktrout’s farm for the paupers of Penniman. Its …

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A Sad Story That Needs a Good Ending: Carlinville’s “Standard …

WEBStandard Addition's homes - some of which were not wholly finished - appeared in the 1919 and 1920 Sears Modern Homes catalog. Of the 192 houses sold …

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My Temporary Death Experience – Now on Youtube!

WEBTwo years after Rose’s husband committed suicide, she was diagnosed with stage 2 cancer, and during a “minor medical procedure,” she bled to death, and had no …

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