Luck chain letter. Flanders-Prosperity type. "The Good Luck of Flanders"  List of 23 names & towns.  US. 1940.

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                           GOOD LUCK TO YOU

THE GOOD LUCK OF FLANDERS HAS BEEN SENT TO ME AND I AM SENDING IT
TO YOU WITHIN TWENTY FOUR HOURS.  THIS CHAIN STARTED BY AN AMERICAN
OFFICER IN FLANDERS AND IS GOING AROUND THE WORLD FOUR TIMES.  THE
ONE WHO BREAKS IT WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.

COPY THIS LETTER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU FOUR DAYS AFTER
MAILING.  IT WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.  DO NOT KEEP THIS LETTER.
IT MUST BE MAILED WITHIN TWENTY  FOUR HOURS AFTER BEING RECEIVED.
SEND THIS COPY AND FOUR OTHERS TO PEOPLE TO WHOM YOU WISH GOOD
LUCK.  MR. MAYFIELD RECEIVED $4000.00 FOUR HOURS AFTER MAILING.
MRS. AMBROSE RECEIVED $5000.00 FOUR HOURS AFTER MAILING.  MR.
NEVIN BROKE THE CHAIN AND LOST EVERYTHING HE HAD.  HERE IS DEFINITE
PROOF FOR GOOD LUCK PRAYER.

THIS BRINGS PROSPERITY TO YOU FOUR DAYS AFTER MAILING.  DO NOT
SEND MONEY.  CROSS OFF NAME AT THE TOP AND PUT YOURS AT THE BOTTOM.

L. SCHEURLE                            NEW YORK, N.Y.
KEN CLOUD                              CHICAGO, ILL.
ROY W. BROWN                           PARK RIDGE, ILL.
KAY KNEISLY                            CHICAGO, ILL.
SAM A. LADD                            CHICAGO, ILL.
W.  V. WALDER                          DECATUR, ILL.
V. O. WINKENWEDER                      CHICAGO, ILL.
R.  G. AMES                            CHICAGO, ILL.
JOHN E. ATKINSON                       NEW YORK
HERVERT SIERK                          DALLAS, TEXAS
ISIDOR GRALIA                          LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
LOUIS A. KAHN                          LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
MYRTLE HENTSCHEL                       LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
NATHAN KLUMOCK                         NEW YORK CITY
NATHAN BURGER                          CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY
ISRAEL KLEINMAN                        CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY
PAULINE KLEINMAN                       PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY
JUDITH DRONSICK                        BRONX, NEW YORK
ESTELLE GOLDSMITH                      FREEPORT, LONG ISLAND
BEATRICE A. KRISBURG                   BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
BELLE KNASTER                          BRONX, NEW YORK
WILLIAM H. KRITZER                     BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
JEAN KRITZER                           NEW YORK CITY

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Typed on one typewriter on a 8.5 by 11 inch page of bluish-green paper. All upper case as above. No envelope, but a note on the upper left corner reads: "Postmarked NY. Jan. 31, 1940. From: Jean Kritzer, 41 W. 70th St., NYC" . Keystrokes preserved. Purchased on eBay - no other bidders. Entered by DWV, 3/14/2016.
             
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