Pyramid scheme - "The Guaranteed Prosperity Club." Six names, one dollar ante. With letter (link below).  US, 1935.

                        THE GUARANTEED PROSPERITY CLUB

IN GOD WE TRUST                                BUT NOT EACH OTHER

The person that gave me this air mail letter also gave me a properly
addressed and stamped envelope and in his presence I mailed ONE
DOLLAR to the top name on this list.  I then placed my own name and
address on the bottom of the list and made five copies, this being
one.  If you accept this Air Mail letter you will do as I have done,
and make five copies and dispose of them in like manner.

You will promise to place your list of names on the bottom of the
page in proper order and not reveal the identity thereof except as
they are revealed to you.  You will furnish each person to whom you
give a copy , a stamped envelope addressed to the next person in
line.  In your presence he will place a dollar bill in the envelop
and together you will mail it.

                 THE PERSON TO WHOM YOU MAIL THIS DONATION IS

                      NO LONGER ON YOUR LIST.

Your strict observance of these rules is your guarantee of no break
in the chain.

THE TOP NAME ON THIS LIST IS NOW
H.G. Donaldson           2810 - 16th Ave. So.         Seattle, Wash.
Bertha Bennerstrom       2110 - 31st Ave. So.         Seattle, Wash.
Ernest Falk              540 Central Bldg.            Seattle, Wash.
Helen Levinson           609 Vance Bldg.              Seattle, Wash.
Lillian Levinson         1404 No. 40th.               Seattle, Wash.
Margaret R. Kennedy      540 Central Bldg.            Seattle, Wash.



THIS IS AN AIR MAIL CHAIN.  KEEP IT GOING BY AIR MAIl WHENEVER A
LETTER GOES OUT OF THE CITY.
Typed letter, keystrokes preserved above. Accompanied by five carbon copies of the letter plus and explanatory letter dated May 10, 1935 in Seattle and signed by Earnest Falk (the third name in the above list) - see ie1935-05_pyramid_guaranteed. All contained in an envelope postmarked May 10, 1935 in Seattle and addressed to Mr. Geo. M. Martin, Harrah, Wash. (return address E. Falk, 540 Central Bldg., Seattle, Wash.) Ebay lot purchased by DWV and entered on 10/4/08.

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