Parody chain letter (of Send-a-Dime).  "Pull chain letter." US, 1935.

                               TOUCH BOTTOM          PULL CHAIN LETTER
 HOPELESS                      USELESS               FAITHLESS

UPON RECEIPT OF THIS LETTER MAKE 5 COPIES AND SEND TO 5 OF
YOUR FRIENDS WHO DRINK COUNTRY CLUB BEER.

SCRATCH OFF THE TOP NAME AND SEND THAT PERSON "AT THE TOP OF
THE LIST" ONE ROLL OF TOILET PAPER

IN SCRATCHING OFF THE TOP NAME ADD YOUR NAME TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE LIST. IN TURN AS YOUR NAME REACHES THE TOP YOU SHOULD
RECEIVE 15620 ROLLS OF TOILET PAPER OR ENOUGH TO WIPE OUT THE
NATIONAL DEBT

GIVE THIS A ROLL OLD PAL

DON"T LET THE BOTTOM DROP OUT

JASPER DANDLER          6 3/4 COCKROACH BLDG        DUSTYVILLE  KANS
GEN BULLAHIVIKE         PORT HUMBLE                 MOSCOW RUSSIA
I P FREELEY             7:30 A M  SOUTHWEST         CANN CITY  KANS
PANSY PUSHOVER          NECK & NECK APTS            DOUCHEBAG  ILL
A MANURE PYLE           123 COWFLOP LANE            BARNYARD    MO
BELL E ACHE             HOTEL PUKE                  BEDBUG ARK

THIS PULL CHAIN LETTER WAS STARTED IN THE HOPE OF BRINGING
BACK PROSPERITY TO THE OLD BACK HOUSE AND RELIEF TO THE BOTTOM

DON'T PULL TOO HARD AND BREAK THE CHAIN
                             FRIEND

Mimeograph (or blue typing) on 10.5 x 7.3  (horiz. x vert.) inch paper. Upper case typewritten. Style suggests May 1935 or a few months later. Keystrokes preserved. Ebay lot 42297974, purchased from Diane & Lon Woodruff, Nov. 1998 by DWV.

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