Money Chain Letter. Send-a-Dime. Title: Prosperity
Chain. US-Canada_1935
Prosperity Chain
Mrs T.G. Martin RFD 112 Willoughby Ohio
Mrs Claude Withanison RFD Willoughby Ohio
Alma Moore 439 Henry St. Detroit Mich
Margarette Jones 1306 Delaware Detroit Mich
Stella Haggerty 438 Drexel Ave Detroit Mich
Ethel Johnston Glen Rae Ont.
This charm was started in hopes of bringing
prosperity to you within five days. Make
five copies of this letter leaving off the top
name and address and adding your name
at the bottom of the list and mail to five of
your friends to whom you wish prosperity
to come
In omitting the top name send that person
ten cents 10 cts as a charity donation.
In time as your name leaves the top you
will have received 15-625 letters with
donations amounting to 1..5-62.5-0.
Now is this worth a dime to you have the
faith your friends have had and the
chain will not be broken
Written in black ink one side of
a 10x6.3 inch sheet of unlined paper. First line completely crossed out with
three or four ink strokes. Lines preserved. Punctuation preserved. Envelope
addressed to Mrs Thomas Peers. RR No. 2. Wallaceburg Ontario (in four lines).
No return address. Postmarked in Morpeth Ont., MY 29, 35. Envelope contained
another chain letter: me1935-05-29B on different paper, and penciled in a
different hand. No names the same. Purchased on eBay, 10/2018. Entered by
DWV, 11/13/2019/
me1935-05-29A_SD_Detroit-Canada
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