Comments on Addie Hoyt Fargo blog dated 2/27/2012
I might have been incorrect in my assumption of Addie's education level. Looks like Addie may have finished high school. Rosemary has manufactured quite of bit of history and mangled enumerable pieces of factual information. I'm at the point where I need to see it to believe it.
I do think it's nice that Rosemary printed up the essay that Addie wrote on her trip to the Black Hills. The points that are of particular note is that she continues to refer to herself as Mrs. Enoch J. Fargo in the byline. Proud to be the wife of E J, no doubt.
In this essay, as well as the letters from the trip the Cuba, Addie sounds like a great time was had by all....except for those that were sea sick on the Cuba voyage. There is not one indication that she is unhappy with her husband or her lot in life. I recognize that Rosemary hasn't been 'beating the drum' about spousal abuse lately......probably because it was so ridiculous to begin with that it makes her look foolish........ The subsequent letters and essay from Addie refutes those claims that Rosemary leveled
Rosemary continues to claim E J murdered Addie even though she has no evidence to support a crime ever happened. She continues to manipulate the passage in Mary Wilson's book as if it helps her case....when in reality she shows her desperation to save face.
It's nice that Rosemary has started writing about here relatives....now if she would stop inserting murder whereever she can and would clean up the rest of the internet she would, at least, acted in good faith.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Addie Hoyt Fargo - How I know it's' only about money
Over the last 9, or so, months I have been certain that Rosemary's contention that Addie was abused and murdered by E J was initiated by a motive to make money. Others have also posted comments confirming they see the same motive. It wasn't hard to figure out. The sheer enormity of her accusations, twisting of history, invention of characters and events and false claims are abolutely ludicrous. I could go through the Addie Hoyt Fargo blog cataloging all the errors, missteps and contradictions creating a summary, and will someday, but time doesn't permit me to tackle a task that large right now. I've read that Rosemary is going back and correctly some of the most egregious tripe.
I'll start this conversation and hope others add in their comments.
According to Rosemary she didn't know she had relatives in Lake Mills until her (insert relative relationship here) died. Rosemary claims she is 52 years old. That means that for more than 50 years, more than 30 adult years, she never asked her relative about her past. Not once in all those years was her ancestry important enough to her to sit down with an aging relative and collect the recollections of the past. But she did find and preserve the two photo albums......and now Addie is her obsession.
By the way, it would be interesting to find out where Rosemary's relative spent holidays......alone sounds about right since the interaction with Rosemary doesn't appear to be very often, and I'm certain it was unpleasant.
The next step was to get to Lake Mills without spending any of her money. She found a willing ally in the Lake Mills - Aztalan Historical Society. Not sure what they coughed up to get Rosemary there to speak but it was wasted money. I hope I'm wrong that any money came from the Society's treasury.
Rosemary knew that it wouldn't be sufficient to talk about the photo albums and show the pictures of Addie and the Fargos. Since she had practically no knowledge that wasn't already recorded she wouldn't have much to say. After a few phone calls and some help from a colleague that had some PhotoShop experience Rosemary hatched the spousal abuse angle to sell to the local historical society folks. And thus it goes.........more than 50 minutes of fiction that was put together from a single over exposed photograph, a willing helper with PhotoShop and a vivid imagination. Even Rosemary isn't clamoring about this part of her story very much any longer.......she must recognize how silly the whole thing is. Unfortunately, the local chapter of the Desperate Housewives of Norfolk ate it up....and are still performing free services to Rosemary.
Next on the list were Tom and Barry. These two had a marketing interest in anything that might generate more business; the Fargo Mansion Inn has a link to the URL for the Addie Hoyt Fargo blog. Since they had heard Mary Wilson say a few things it was easy to take those conversations out of context and "guide" her to say what they wanted to hear. She was at a weaker point in her life, very trusting and may have actually believed some of what she was saying. Rosemary seized on the passage in Mary's book which she has twisted continuously by leaving out the relevant portions about Addie's demise being a rumor. That speaks more to Rosemary's (lack of) character and (monetary) intentions.
Since then it's been one piece of poor historical research and reporting after another. The total body of work is a truck load of rubbish
I was able to catch her in a big time lie when she claimed in conversation with Dr. Peterson that he confirmed that Addie had not died of diphtheria, contrary to the forensic report. I called Dr. Peterson, as did the reporter from the Lake Mills Leader, and he confirmed the call occurred but denied Rosemary's claim; standing by the forensic report.
Rosemary also misrepresented the events at the cemetery when Addie was disinterred. While there were a number of people there nobody has come forward to refute her "depth of grave" claims and inconsistencies.
From the beginning Rosemary has incorporated the Addie blog into the kit homes blog. Driving people to that might increase the sales of her books. And she flooded the internet anywhere she could with false information and her false accusations - all leading back to her blog site. She even tried to incorporate popular search engine names and phrases in her blog titles to bring in more people. Maybe it paid off............I hope not.
I could go on for hours but most of the people who read my blog have already seen and read the information I'm referencing. I'll continue to expose the Addie Hoyt Fargo blog for what it really is.....a marketing tool for kit homes books..............and I'll act to change anything I find on the internet. Please keep posting the URLs that refer to Enoch and Addie.
I'll start this conversation and hope others add in their comments.
According to Rosemary she didn't know she had relatives in Lake Mills until her (insert relative relationship here) died. Rosemary claims she is 52 years old. That means that for more than 50 years, more than 30 adult years, she never asked her relative about her past. Not once in all those years was her ancestry important enough to her to sit down with an aging relative and collect the recollections of the past. But she did find and preserve the two photo albums......and now Addie is her obsession.
By the way, it would be interesting to find out where Rosemary's relative spent holidays......alone sounds about right since the interaction with Rosemary doesn't appear to be very often, and I'm certain it was unpleasant.
The next step was to get to Lake Mills without spending any of her money. She found a willing ally in the Lake Mills - Aztalan Historical Society. Not sure what they coughed up to get Rosemary there to speak but it was wasted money. I hope I'm wrong that any money came from the Society's treasury.
Rosemary knew that it wouldn't be sufficient to talk about the photo albums and show the pictures of Addie and the Fargos. Since she had practically no knowledge that wasn't already recorded she wouldn't have much to say. After a few phone calls and some help from a colleague that had some PhotoShop experience Rosemary hatched the spousal abuse angle to sell to the local historical society folks. And thus it goes.........more than 50 minutes of fiction that was put together from a single over exposed photograph, a willing helper with PhotoShop and a vivid imagination. Even Rosemary isn't clamoring about this part of her story very much any longer.......she must recognize how silly the whole thing is. Unfortunately, the local chapter of the Desperate Housewives of Norfolk ate it up....and are still performing free services to Rosemary.
Next on the list were Tom and Barry. These two had a marketing interest in anything that might generate more business; the Fargo Mansion Inn has a link to the URL for the Addie Hoyt Fargo blog. Since they had heard Mary Wilson say a few things it was easy to take those conversations out of context and "guide" her to say what they wanted to hear. She was at a weaker point in her life, very trusting and may have actually believed some of what she was saying. Rosemary seized on the passage in Mary's book which she has twisted continuously by leaving out the relevant portions about Addie's demise being a rumor. That speaks more to Rosemary's (lack of) character and (monetary) intentions.
Since then it's been one piece of poor historical research and reporting after another. The total body of work is a truck load of rubbish
I was able to catch her in a big time lie when she claimed in conversation with Dr. Peterson that he confirmed that Addie had not died of diphtheria, contrary to the forensic report. I called Dr. Peterson, as did the reporter from the Lake Mills Leader, and he confirmed the call occurred but denied Rosemary's claim; standing by the forensic report.
Rosemary also misrepresented the events at the cemetery when Addie was disinterred. While there were a number of people there nobody has come forward to refute her "depth of grave" claims and inconsistencies.
From the beginning Rosemary has incorporated the Addie blog into the kit homes blog. Driving people to that might increase the sales of her books. And she flooded the internet anywhere she could with false information and her false accusations - all leading back to her blog site. She even tried to incorporate popular search engine names and phrases in her blog titles to bring in more people. Maybe it paid off............I hope not.
I could go on for hours but most of the people who read my blog have already seen and read the information I'm referencing. I'll continue to expose the Addie Hoyt Fargo blog for what it really is.....a marketing tool for kit homes books..............and I'll act to change anything I find on the internet. Please keep posting the URLs that refer to Enoch and Addie.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
The Hawleys: One of the First Families of Jefferson County (Wisconsin)
Response to Addie Hoyt Fargo blog dated 2/25/2012
Except for a little bit about the Hawley's this is the same dreck that was in Rosemary's previous blog about the Hoyts. The Captain seemed to be more of a gentleman farmer having made his money earlier in life as a ship captain.
'Prettiest farmland' is subjective whether it appeared in the LM Leader, or not. There is a lot of very pretty farmland around Milford.
I'll have to see the LM Leader articles that support Rosemary's claims about Addie's characteristics.
Other than that...............same old drum being beaten about the same old manure.
Except for a little bit about the Hawley's this is the same dreck that was in Rosemary's previous blog about the Hoyts. The Captain seemed to be more of a gentleman farmer having made his money earlier in life as a ship captain.
'Prettiest farmland' is subjective whether it appeared in the LM Leader, or not. There is a lot of very pretty farmland around Milford.
I'll have to see the LM Leader articles that support Rosemary's claims about Addie's characteristics.
Other than that...............same old drum being beaten about the same old manure.
The Hoyts: One of the First Families of Jefferson County (Wisconsin)
Comments for the Addie Hoyt Fargo blog posted 2/24/2012
Taking care of the house cleaning first:
Rosemary continues to refer to E J as a troll.....she's called me, and others that question her findings and credibility trolls, as well. I don't find this particularly offiensive since I don't live that far from Mt. Horeb, WI. Rosemary has no idea what E J was like as a person or his personality. We do know he was very philanthropic and used his resources and forward thinking to move Lake Mills into the 20th century.
In contrast, Rosemary uses terms like 'dear, sweet Addie' and 'shining star' to describe her very distant relative. Again without any idea what Addie's personality was like, her behaviors or her capabilities. I guess cold hearted gold digger was being reserved for a later generation.
There isn't any historical indication that Addie had 'great promise and potential' or was ' talented, witty, sophisticated, etc'. I guess the idea is to convince the Desperate Housewives of Norfolk that Addie actually had some job skill or advanced education....not historically supported.....quite the contrary, once she got off the farm she never worked another day in her life. All of the characteristics attributed to Addie are subjective and historically unsupported.
Rosemary continues to misrepresent the depth of Addie's grave. While it makes little difference since it's impossible to determine the original depth we do know it was deeper than 34 inches. Accuracy has never been Rosemary's policy.
And the same applies to continually selecting a few words from the passage in Mary's book. The complete passage makes it clear the murder of Addie was a rumor, and nothing more. We called this 'lieing by omission' in the real world. Rosemary clearly has no issue with misrepresenting information and that should bring into question anything she writes or says.
Rosemary continues to claim E J murderd Addie...............this simply is not true and through all of her efforts she has failed to prove the contrary.
I challenge Rosemary to prove there was a 'horrific crime' committed. She's failed miserably up until now and there really isn't anywhere else to turn. Every claim of hers, with the exception of the missing burial permit, has been refuted successfully.
This passage from Rosemary's blog is just plain unfounded, not in keeping with historical record, unfactual or made up from thin air.
'How did this debutante end up in a shallow grave - murdered by her husband and buried illegally - in the dark of night?
Debutante? Really? When did she have her 'coming out' party? This is just so much manure.
Other than that I'm not sure what Rosemary's purpose in this blog is other than to suggest the Hoyts came to Jefferson County a year before the Fargos. A lot of people came to Lake Mills before the Fargos. Given a week or two Rosemary will have the Hoyts living in a antebellum house with field hands and house servants. She's already laying the foundation for another unfounded claim...that Addie's family was wealthy - wealth being a relative term more than a century ago - and had great social status on their own. The social status might be true but more in Milford than Lake Mills.
Here's what comes from applying general historical reference and logic. The Hoyts came to Jefferson County to farm and settled relatively near Milford. At the time Milford was a pretty busy town with at least one church and a store, likely a blacksmith shop and a cheese factory(?). Not sure why the Hoyts would go to Lake Mills to transact business when they could do the same thing in their own back yard. (more on this later or in another blog)
Farming in the 19th century was hard work and very difficult. There weren't any power tools, tractors, electricity, running water I(indoor plumbing) or central heat. It would have been very difficult to till and harvest 100 acres with a team of horses and a single bottom plow..... The only equipment had to be drawn by horses or a mule. Farmers worked from sun up to sun down and into the night taking care of the stock, buildings and hand milking cows.
Women often worked with the men in the field especially during the harvest and planting. And the children were expected to pitch in when they were old enough. Additionally, women kept the house, took care of the children, cooked the meals, tended the garden and a host of other responsibilities. There was little comfort and a short life in store for a farm wife. Feminine hygiene (products) simply did not exist and general bathing and cleanliness was intermittent. After 25 or 30 years of unwanted pregnancys, hard work and lack of decent health care many women simply died from one malady or another. Menopause was virtually unknown since women frequently didn't live long enough to reach it.
Generally, a farm family would attend church on Sunday and then go home, change clothes and get back to work. Church was the social event of the week.
With hard work and diligence a farmer could take care of the family and have a little bit left over for replacing equipment, buying food that couldn't be raised and pay the bills.
The old timers tell me that men courted women that were 'no further away than you could ride a horse in half an hour'. That limited the marriage opportunities for Addie since she lived in a rural area.
This is the future that Addie saw for herself and it was not what she wanted. All around her and in her family she witnessed the effects of a hard scrabble pioneer life. Addie wanted better and resisted marrying locally in hopes that she would find a benefactor..............and she did, in E J.
E J was without a wife, had plenty of money and could offer Addie the opportunities she craved. Unlimited funds to travel, buy clothes, entertain and have a social status she could never achieve without E J. Without doubt Addie set her cap for E J and was successful in her endeavors.
Rosemary tries to claim that, as an early Jefferson County family, the Hoyts had the social status E J provided Addie........which exposes her ignorance of the fiercely independent agrarian life style. Farmers seldom drew attention to themselves. Their individual accomplishments were no more note worthy than their neighbors accomplishments.
And finally (for now), the reason Rosemary can't find more historical information about the Hoyts is that there wasn't anybody writing their history. No matter how honorable and important farming was in the 19th century it just didn't get a lot of press unless the barn burned......and even then, someone would have to notice. The public might not hear about it until there was a barn raising.
That coupled with very little rural educational opportunities accounts for a lack of historical record. Addie had the benefit of attending some school at some time. She learned to read and write and probably learned her "3 R's", possible in a one room school house in Milford (I haven't seen any Lake Mills graduation records mention Addie). Male members of farming families often did not go to school at all and never learned to read or write. My neighbor (deceased) was born circa 1915 and never learned to read and write.....he was still a great farmer and very intelligent.
And there you have it.....another meaningless blog from Rosemary where she spends most of the time beating the same old drum while mentioning a little bit about her relatives.
I want to make it clear that nothing I've written here is meant to denegrate the agrarian life style or the contribution of agriculture in the history of the United States. Quite the contrary, I have the greatest respect for the farming community.......
Taking care of the house cleaning first:
Rosemary continues to refer to E J as a troll.....she's called me, and others that question her findings and credibility trolls, as well. I don't find this particularly offiensive since I don't live that far from Mt. Horeb, WI. Rosemary has no idea what E J was like as a person or his personality. We do know he was very philanthropic and used his resources and forward thinking to move Lake Mills into the 20th century.
In contrast, Rosemary uses terms like 'dear, sweet Addie' and 'shining star' to describe her very distant relative. Again without any idea what Addie's personality was like, her behaviors or her capabilities. I guess cold hearted gold digger was being reserved for a later generation.
There isn't any historical indication that Addie had 'great promise and potential' or was ' talented, witty, sophisticated, etc'. I guess the idea is to convince the Desperate Housewives of Norfolk that Addie actually had some job skill or advanced education....not historically supported.....quite the contrary, once she got off the farm she never worked another day in her life. All of the characteristics attributed to Addie are subjective and historically unsupported.
Rosemary continues to misrepresent the depth of Addie's grave. While it makes little difference since it's impossible to determine the original depth we do know it was deeper than 34 inches. Accuracy has never been Rosemary's policy.
And the same applies to continually selecting a few words from the passage in Mary's book. The complete passage makes it clear the murder of Addie was a rumor, and nothing more. We called this 'lieing by omission' in the real world. Rosemary clearly has no issue with misrepresenting information and that should bring into question anything she writes or says.
Rosemary continues to claim E J murderd Addie...............this simply is not true and through all of her efforts she has failed to prove the contrary.
I challenge Rosemary to prove there was a 'horrific crime' committed. She's failed miserably up until now and there really isn't anywhere else to turn. Every claim of hers, with the exception of the missing burial permit, has been refuted successfully.
This passage from Rosemary's blog is just plain unfounded, not in keeping with historical record, unfactual or made up from thin air.
'How did this debutante end up in a shallow grave - murdered by her husband and buried illegally - in the dark of night?
Debutante? Really? When did she have her 'coming out' party? This is just so much manure.
Other than that I'm not sure what Rosemary's purpose in this blog is other than to suggest the Hoyts came to Jefferson County a year before the Fargos. A lot of people came to Lake Mills before the Fargos. Given a week or two Rosemary will have the Hoyts living in a antebellum house with field hands and house servants. She's already laying the foundation for another unfounded claim...that Addie's family was wealthy - wealth being a relative term more than a century ago - and had great social status on their own. The social status might be true but more in Milford than Lake Mills.
Here's what comes from applying general historical reference and logic. The Hoyts came to Jefferson County to farm and settled relatively near Milford. At the time Milford was a pretty busy town with at least one church and a store, likely a blacksmith shop and a cheese factory(?). Not sure why the Hoyts would go to Lake Mills to transact business when they could do the same thing in their own back yard. (more on this later or in another blog)
Farming in the 19th century was hard work and very difficult. There weren't any power tools, tractors, electricity, running water I(indoor plumbing) or central heat. It would have been very difficult to till and harvest 100 acres with a team of horses and a single bottom plow..... The only equipment had to be drawn by horses or a mule. Farmers worked from sun up to sun down and into the night taking care of the stock, buildings and hand milking cows.
Women often worked with the men in the field especially during the harvest and planting. And the children were expected to pitch in when they were old enough. Additionally, women kept the house, took care of the children, cooked the meals, tended the garden and a host of other responsibilities. There was little comfort and a short life in store for a farm wife. Feminine hygiene (products) simply did not exist and general bathing and cleanliness was intermittent. After 25 or 30 years of unwanted pregnancys, hard work and lack of decent health care many women simply died from one malady or another. Menopause was virtually unknown since women frequently didn't live long enough to reach it.
Generally, a farm family would attend church on Sunday and then go home, change clothes and get back to work. Church was the social event of the week.
With hard work and diligence a farmer could take care of the family and have a little bit left over for replacing equipment, buying food that couldn't be raised and pay the bills.
The old timers tell me that men courted women that were 'no further away than you could ride a horse in half an hour'. That limited the marriage opportunities for Addie since she lived in a rural area.
This is the future that Addie saw for herself and it was not what she wanted. All around her and in her family she witnessed the effects of a hard scrabble pioneer life. Addie wanted better and resisted marrying locally in hopes that she would find a benefactor..............and she did, in E J.
E J was without a wife, had plenty of money and could offer Addie the opportunities she craved. Unlimited funds to travel, buy clothes, entertain and have a social status she could never achieve without E J. Without doubt Addie set her cap for E J and was successful in her endeavors.
Rosemary tries to claim that, as an early Jefferson County family, the Hoyts had the social status E J provided Addie........which exposes her ignorance of the fiercely independent agrarian life style. Farmers seldom drew attention to themselves. Their individual accomplishments were no more note worthy than their neighbors accomplishments.
And finally (for now), the reason Rosemary can't find more historical information about the Hoyts is that there wasn't anybody writing their history. No matter how honorable and important farming was in the 19th century it just didn't get a lot of press unless the barn burned......and even then, someone would have to notice. The public might not hear about it until there was a barn raising.
That coupled with very little rural educational opportunities accounts for a lack of historical record. Addie had the benefit of attending some school at some time. She learned to read and write and probably learned her "3 R's", possible in a one room school house in Milford (I haven't seen any Lake Mills graduation records mention Addie). Male members of farming families often did not go to school at all and never learned to read or write. My neighbor (deceased) was born circa 1915 and never learned to read and write.....he was still a great farmer and very intelligent.
And there you have it.....another meaningless blog from Rosemary where she spends most of the time beating the same old drum while mentioning a little bit about her relatives.
I want to make it clear that nothing I've written here is meant to denegrate the agrarian life style or the contribution of agriculture in the history of the United States. Quite the contrary, I have the greatest respect for the farming community.......
Friday, February 24, 2012
Addie's Relatives Died of Disease - Go Figure
In the latest Addie Hoyt Fargo blog entry there is some actual information about Addie's (Rosemary's) relatives. I thought maybe that would be the trend for a while since there has been little or nothing about Addie's family after hours of combing through the Lake Mills Leader. But alas, Rosemary couldn't resist creating some tie between the deaths of Addie's relatives and a tie in comment about Addie being murdered.
Six of Addie's relatives died of disease but it never enters Rosemary's mind that Addie could have died of disease. The historical accounts and records all indicate Addie died of disease but that isn't sufficient. Not one shred of physical evidence points to a death other than by disease, but that's not good enough.
Rosemary has painted herself into a corner, of course. She can't back down without losing credibility and as she continues down the path she is going with Enoch she loses credibility. A logical and rational person would back off - would have backed off last November - but not Rosemary. Still needs to make money out of this some how.
Since the whole Rosemary concept is fiction I continue to suggest she should write a novel changing the names, dates and location. Maybe she can sell that...................but I doubt it.
Six of Addie's relatives died of disease but it never enters Rosemary's mind that Addie could have died of disease. The historical accounts and records all indicate Addie died of disease but that isn't sufficient. Not one shred of physical evidence points to a death other than by disease, but that's not good enough.
Rosemary has painted herself into a corner, of course. She can't back down without losing credibility and as she continues down the path she is going with Enoch she loses credibility. A logical and rational person would back off - would have backed off last November - but not Rosemary. Still needs to make money out of this some how.
Since the whole Rosemary concept is fiction I continue to suggest she should write a novel changing the names, dates and location. Maybe she can sell that...................but I doubt it.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Where is Addie Hoyt Fargo?
Where is Addie Hoyt Fargo today? It's been four months since Rosemary pulled her remains out of the ground and away from her friends, relatives and caring husband; under false pretenses. The remains were (supposed to be) cremated and taken to Virginia to be reburied where the ashes didn't belong. Since then.......What?!?!?!
Maybe I missed a blog entry but I'm pretty sure Rosemary wouldn't miss an opportunity to write, daily, about her experience putting the ashes in the ground. I'm sure she would be so emotionally exhaused that only the Desperate Housewives of Norfolk would be able to provide solace.
Rosemary got all the mileage she could out of the digging up her distant relative and I guess that was about as far as she could go because she had to turn her attention to, once again, vilifying E J.
Possibly the glycerin tears are on back order for all the Desperate Housewives to display their feelings. They should check with the local thespian groups.
Like I said, I may have missed those blog entries since there is so much dreck that's been published on the Addie Hoyt Fargo blog it's challenging to sort it out.
Here is Rosemary's pound of flesh......I mean bones. "Alas poor Addie, I knew her Horatio".....with apologies to Shakespeare.
Cremation is a pretty basic process according to this website:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/cremation2.htm
The body is place in an oven and burned - that would remove just about everything by skeletal structure. Since all that was left of Addie was skeletal structure this step might not have been needed.
Then the metal is removed from the remaining parts and the rest is ground up into powder and put in an urn, plastic box or some other container. Based on the quantity I saw at grave side I doubt there is much weight left - maybe a pound.
However, Addie has one gold tooth and I don't know what might have happened to that. Maybe Rosemary sold it to defer her expenses.
The summary of the results of Rosemary's work over the last nine months is a missing burial permit.....which might have existed but cannot be found. Certainly not a unique event for Rock Lake Cemetery for that point in history (supported by historical records).
I am offering to pay for the re-interment of Addie's remains in her original grave in Rock Lake Cemetery thus keeping Rosemary from incurring more expense. I'm hopeful she will take me up on this offer.
Maybe I missed a blog entry but I'm pretty sure Rosemary wouldn't miss an opportunity to write, daily, about her experience putting the ashes in the ground. I'm sure she would be so emotionally exhaused that only the Desperate Housewives of Norfolk would be able to provide solace.
Rosemary got all the mileage she could out of the digging up her distant relative and I guess that was about as far as she could go because she had to turn her attention to, once again, vilifying E J.
Possibly the glycerin tears are on back order for all the Desperate Housewives to display their feelings. They should check with the local thespian groups.
Like I said, I may have missed those blog entries since there is so much dreck that's been published on the Addie Hoyt Fargo blog it's challenging to sort it out.
Here is Rosemary's pound of flesh......I mean bones. "Alas poor Addie, I knew her Horatio".....with apologies to Shakespeare.
Cremation is a pretty basic process according to this website:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/cremation2.htm
The body is place in an oven and burned - that would remove just about everything by skeletal structure. Since all that was left of Addie was skeletal structure this step might not have been needed.
Then the metal is removed from the remaining parts and the rest is ground up into powder and put in an urn, plastic box or some other container. Based on the quantity I saw at grave side I doubt there is much weight left - maybe a pound.
However, Addie has one gold tooth and I don't know what might have happened to that. Maybe Rosemary sold it to defer her expenses.
The summary of the results of Rosemary's work over the last nine months is a missing burial permit.....which might have existed but cannot be found. Certainly not a unique event for Rock Lake Cemetery for that point in history (supported by historical records).
I am offering to pay for the re-interment of Addie's remains in her original grave in Rock Lake Cemetery thus keeping Rosemary from incurring more expense. I'm hopeful she will take me up on this offer.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
In 1893, Lake Mills Was Closed Due to Diphtheria
Comment and refutation of Addie Hoyt Fargo blog dated 2/18/2012
After 50 hours of reading the Lake Mills Leader I expected better. Guess it would have been less time if Spriggs and Rosemary had not been spending as much time working on their conspiracy theory and more time working on facts and logical thought processes. I would guess the time would be cut in half.....but they probably had to move their lips while reading. Spriggs likely did all the work. He's the guy that mocked up the Addie pictures in PhotoShop for the presentation to the LM chapter of the State Historical Society. Now that was a scam, spousal abuse and all......
What has 50 hours of time provided:
I'll spend a little time on each of the points.
There were houses built on Reed Street, go figure. Reed Street ran closely to the Creamery Package. That might not be coincidence unless it doesn't fit your conspiracy theory premise.
Rosemary wrote a little fictitious Rober Frost type moment for Robert Fargo. Cute but nothing factual in this account other than the commitment to adhere to stated laws and guidelines. Not that everyone chose to follow those laws and guidelines. Since Addie's death of super ninja diphtheria (or whatever) caused alarm the paper work didn't get done. The paper work didn't get done for other deaths about the same time.
Yep, there was a diphtheria epidemic in 1893. The community reacted to that event based on knowledge and experience at the time with the advice of the local doctor. Just like they did when Addie died.
F. B. Fargo's kid got smallpox and since the community was sensitized by the recent death he was proactive with handling that situation. Rosemary actually got close to the truth on this one. Better to publish a comprehensive report of the event than have the natives charge the house with torches, pitchforks and scyths.
As for Rosemary's statement that quarantine and fumigation did not occur......nothing is documented that suggests this is true. Quite the contrary, the two daughters had a "forced" absence from high school graduation exercises. Logically that would be due to quarantine.
I can hardly wait for the next chapter of the conspiracy theory. It's not that entertaing but fictional approach is interesting.
After 50 hours of reading the Lake Mills Leader I expected better. Guess it would have been less time if Spriggs and Rosemary had not been spending as much time working on their conspiracy theory and more time working on facts and logical thought processes. I would guess the time would be cut in half.....but they probably had to move their lips while reading. Spriggs likely did all the work. He's the guy that mocked up the Addie pictures in PhotoShop for the presentation to the LM chapter of the State Historical Society. Now that was a scam, spousal abuse and all......
What has 50 hours of time provided:
- Houses were built on Reed Street.
- The cemetery sexton stated the state laws and guidelines would be followed
- There was a diphtheria epidemic in 1893
- F. B. Fargo's kid come down with smallpox
I'll spend a little time on each of the points.
There were houses built on Reed Street, go figure. Reed Street ran closely to the Creamery Package. That might not be coincidence unless it doesn't fit your conspiracy theory premise.
Rosemary wrote a little fictitious Rober Frost type moment for Robert Fargo. Cute but nothing factual in this account other than the commitment to adhere to stated laws and guidelines. Not that everyone chose to follow those laws and guidelines. Since Addie's death of super ninja diphtheria (or whatever) caused alarm the paper work didn't get done. The paper work didn't get done for other deaths about the same time.
Yep, there was a diphtheria epidemic in 1893. The community reacted to that event based on knowledge and experience at the time with the advice of the local doctor. Just like they did when Addie died.
F. B. Fargo's kid got smallpox and since the community was sensitized by the recent death he was proactive with handling that situation. Rosemary actually got close to the truth on this one. Better to publish a comprehensive report of the event than have the natives charge the house with torches, pitchforks and scyths.
As for Rosemary's statement that quarantine and fumigation did not occur......nothing is documented that suggests this is true. Quite the contrary, the two daughters had a "forced" absence from high school graduation exercises. Logically that would be due to quarantine.
I can hardly wait for the next chapter of the conspiracy theory. It's not that entertaing but fictional approach is interesting.
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