Luck chain letter.  Blind13 type - early. Published fragment.  "...another woman laughed when she got the letter and ..."  US, 1940.

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[The latest effusion ... asks the recipient to make 13 copies, say a certain prayer and "keep the chain unbroken" under threat of dire punishment.]

[One woman is alleged to have received $2,000 ...]

"...another woman laughed when she got the letter and her daughter went blind."

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Published: Cedar Rapids Tribune, (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), March 29, 1940, p. 4.  Title: "'Nut' Letter writers are loose again." "The latest effusion to clutter up the mails locally ..."  Entered by DWV, Feb. 5, 2014.

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