Luck chain letter. Early Lottery-Death type. Bears name "Yoko Ono." US, 1974.

                      SAINT ANTOINE'S

THIS CHAIN THAT COMES FROM VENEZUELA WAS WRITTEN BY ST. ANTOINE DE SEDI
MISSIONARY FROM SOUTH AMERICA. SINCE THIS CHAIN MUST MAKE A TOUR OF THE
WORLD, YOU MUST MAKE 20 COPIES IDENTICAL TO THIS ONE, AND SEND IT TO YOUR
FRIENDS, PARENTS OR ACQUAINTENCES AND AFTER A FEW DAYS YOU WILL GET A SURPRISE.
            TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING:
CONSTANTINE DISO RECEIVED THE CHAIN IN 1953. HE ASKED HIS SECRETARY TO MAKE
24 COPIES AND SEND THEM. A FEW DAYS LATER, HE WON THE LOTTERY OF 2 MILLION
DOLLARS IN HIS COUNTRY.
CARLOS BRANDT, AN OFFICE EMPLOYEE, RECEIVED THE CHAIN. HE FORGOT IT AND LOST IT.
A FEW DAYS AFTER, HE LOST HIS JOB. HE FOUND THE CHAIN, SENT IT OUT TO 24
PEOPLE, AND NINE DAYS LATER, HE GOT A BETTER JOB.
ZERIN BERRESKELLI RECEIVED THE CHAIN, NOT BELIEVING IN IT HE THREW IT AWAY.
NINE DAYS LATER HE DIED.
FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER SHOULD THIS CHAIN BE BROKEN!!!!!!
MAKE 20 COPIES AND SEND THEM. IN NINE DAYS YOU WILL GET A SURPRISE.
WRITE F.E.G.E. IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE ENVELOPE INSTEAD OF A STAMP.
                   THINK A PRAYER
TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND ALL WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE WILL
LIGHT THE WAY. THIS PRAYER HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU FOR GOOD LUCK. THE ORIGINAL
COPY CAME FROM THE NETHERLANDS. IT HAS BEEN AROUND THE WORLD NINE TIMES.
THE LUCK HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU. YOU ARE TO RECEIVE THE GOOD LUCK WITHIN
FOUR DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THIS LETTER. IT IS NOT A JOKE! YOU WILL RECEIVE
IT IN THE MAIL. SEND 20 COPIES OF THIS LETTER TO PEOPLE YOU THINK NEED
GOOD LUCK. PLEASE DO NOT SEND MONEY. DO NOT KEEP THIS LETTER. IT MUST
LEAVE WITHIN 96 HOURS AFTER YOU RECEIVE IT.
A U.S. OFFICER RECEIVED $7,000. DON ELLIOT RECEIVED $68,000, BUT LOST
IT BECAUSE HE BROKE THE CHAIN. WHILE IN THE PHILIPPINES, GENERAL WALSH
LOST HIS LIFE SIX DAYS AFTER HE RECEIVED THIS LETTER. HE FAILED TO CIRCU-
LATE THE PRAYER. HOWEVER, BEFORE HIS DEATH, HE RECEIVED $775,000, WHICH
HE WON.
PLEASE SEND 20 COPIES AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENS THE FOURTH DAY AFTER.
ADD YOUR NAME TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS LIST AND LEAVE OFF THE TOP NAME
WHEN COPYING THIS LETTER.

[whited out]    SARAH MAGGIE        JACK ARMSTRONG      WENDY GUTHRIE
[whited out]    MELVIN VAN PEEBLES  MIKE JOHNSON        JAYNE SCHWARTZ
[struck out]    JOHN WILSON         PAMELS NEESHAM      JOHN W. KRYDA
BILL CHERRY     JOSEPH R. BROOKS    FERN LEAF           JESS GOLDSTEIN
RON CUNNINGHAM  ALBERT B. MOORE     STEPHEN D. GALLOWS  YOKO ONO
                MARY MEUCALSK       NANCIE MACKEY       CHARLOTTE MOORMAN
                                                        JUD YALKUT
                                                        DAVID ROSS
                                                        SEAN NIMME(?)
                                                        A.Zimmerman
                                                        J. BARRY
                                                        Barbara Ross(?)
                                                        DAVID KIZ(?)
                                                        John C. Fenn(?)
                                                      Julie A. Whitehead

Photocopy (generation 9+) of neatly hand printed original. On legal size that paper folded to make an envelope. A few letters cut off at right margin. Last nine names in fourth column in different hands. Envelope postmarked June 4, 1974 in Maryland; sent to Nancy Krueger of Indianapolis. Outer envelope has "F.E.R.E." (not "F.E.G.E: as instructed) printed at upper left corner; mailing bears stamp. Sic "acquaintences". Collected by Prof. William Hansen, Bloomington, Indiana. Lines preserved. Digitized by DWV.

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