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This is the Useless Information Podcast. I am Steve Silverman.

Useless Information.

So here we are. We finally reached a concluding episode of my three-part series on the Mars

Iowa from the 1930s.

As a quick refresher, all three stories are tied together by the odd bequests of the

Mars lawyer, T.M. Zink.

He asked that as a state be invested for a period of 75 years, after which the proceeds would be used to build a womanless library.

And as you already know, the court voided his will and his daughter, Margretta Becker inherited his entire fortune.

If you recall, a promissory note valued at $10,000 have been filed against the estate.

It had been signed by Zinc in April of 1930,

just five months prior to his death,

and, if valid, could have wiped out a large portion of his estate.

So let me give you a little background on that note.

Two days following the death of zinc, a bank in Lamar has received an envelope postmarked Kansas City.

Inside was a letter from a woman named Irene M Brown

and it included the original promissory note.

Bank officials were immediately concerned about the validity of the claim since the document had not been sworn and affirmed.

You know, so correspondence then occurred between the bank and Ms Brown's attorneys. They went back and forth, but no resolution could be achieved between the two parties.

And that's when a suit was filed on Ms Brown's behalf with the court.

A copy of the note was included with the documents provided to the court,

but almost immediately after was filed,

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