Luck chain letter. Death-Lottery type.  Early "St. Jude, It Works." Love  title. US, 1987.

WITH LOVE ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE

THIS PAPER HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU FOR GOOD LUCK.. THE
ORIGINAL IS IN NEW ENGLAND. IT HAS BEEN AROUND THE
WORLD NINE TIMES.   THE LUCK HAS NOW BEEN SENT TO YOU.
YOU WILL RECEIVE GOOD LUCK WITHIN FOUR DAYS OF RECEIVING
THIS LETTER - PROVIDED YOU, IN TURN, SEND IT ON.

THIS IS NO JOKE. YOU WILL RECEIVE GOOD LUCK IN THE MAIL.
SEND NO MONEY. SEND COPIES TO PEOPLE YOU THINK NEED
GOOD LUCK. DON'T SEND MONEY AS FATE HAS NO PRICE. DO
NOT KEEP THIS LETTER IT MUST LEAVE YOUR HANDS WITHIN
96 HOURS.

AN R.A.F. OFFICER RECEIVED $420,000.

JOE ELLIOTT RECEIVED $40,000.00 AND LOST IT BECAUSE HE
BROKE THE CHAIN.

WHILE IN THE PHILLIPINES, GENE WELCH LOST HIS WIFE SIX
DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE LETTER. HE HAD FAILED TO
CIRCULATE THE LETTER. HOWEVER, BEFORE HER DEATH HE
RECEIVED $7,755,000.00.

PLEASE SEND TWENTY COPIES AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN FOUR
DAYS. THE CHAIN COMES TO YOU FROM VENEZUELA AND WAS
WRITTEN BY SAUL ANTHONY DE GROUP, A MISSIONARY FROM
SOUTH AMERICA. SINCE THE COPY MUST TOUR THE WORLD,
YOU MUST MAKE TWENTY COPIES AND SEND THEM TO FRIENDS
AND ASSOCIATES. AFTER A FEW DAYS YOU WILL GET A SURPRISE.
THIS IS TRUE. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT SUPERSTITIOUS.

DO NOTE THE FOLLOWING: CONSTANTINE DIAS RECEIVED THE
CHAIN IN 1953. HE ASKED HIS SECRETARY TO MAKE TWENTY
COPIES AND SEND THEM OUT. A FEW DAYS LATER HE WON A
LOTTERY OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS. CARLO DADDITT, AN
OFFICE EMPLOYEE, RECEIVED THE LETTER AND FORGOT IT HAD
TO LEAVE HIS HANDS WITHIN 96 HOURS. HE LOST HIS JOB.
LATER, AFTER FINDING THE LETTER AGAIN, HE MAILED TWENTY
COPIES. A FEW DAYS LETTER HE GOT A BETTER JOB. DALAN
FAIRCHILD RECEIVED THE LETTER AND NOT BELIEVING, THREW
THE LETTER AWAY; NINE DAYS LATER HE DIED.

REMEMBER. SEND NO MONEY. DO NOT IGNORE THIS.

ST JUDE
IT WORKS


Photocopy (late generation) of word processor original (all caps, variable width characters). Annotated: "6/19/87" on back. Lines preserved. Supplied by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Received by VanArsdale 2/20/98.

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