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UI #104 - Le Mars Trilogy: Part 2 - Farmers in Revolt

Useless Information Podcast
Useless Information Podcast
Episode • Jul 7, 2017 • 31m

The Great Depression was an awful time for farmers in Iowa.  It culminated with the near hanging of a judge in Le Mars. It just happens that the farm involved was owned by the T.M. Zink estate, the same man who left his savings for the establishment of a womanless library.  Also learn about the only planet in our solar system where its day is longer that its year and three unusual stories involving marriage annulment.  Retrosponsor: Spry Vegetable Shortening

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