Money chain letter. Send-a-Dime. Handwritten. #2 of "Iowa"
hoard. Postscripts. US, 1935.
Prosperity Club
Audrey G. Fritz Monona Ia
Mrs. Kermit Klinge McGregor Ia
Adelia Embretson St.Olaf Ia
Oscar Thompson St.Olaf Ia
Gehard Olson St.Olaf Ia
Alice Bernhard Monona Ia
Hope Faith +
Charity
This chain was started in hope of bringing prosperity to you. Within 3 days
make 5 copies of this letter leaving of the top name and address and adding
your own name and address at the bottom and mail to 5 of your friends to
whom you wish prosperity to come. In omitting the top name send that person
10 cents (wrapped in paper) as a charity donation. In turn as your name leaves
the top you will recieve 15,625 letters with donation amounting to $1,562.50.
Now is this worth a dime to you?
Have faith, your friends has + this chain will not be broken.
Read this carefully + take a chance. I did.
If you do not care to join this chain
PLEASE RETURN THIS LETTER.
Handwritten in pencil on 7.5 by
4.6 inch lined paper. #2 item in the "Iowa" hoard. All three Send-a-Dime
letters in the hoard have this same date. Envelope described with #1 hoard
item. Sic "of" for "off", "has" for "had". Lines in body of text not
preserved.
Entered by DWV, Aug. 11, 2014.
me1935-05-09IA_sd_I-did
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