Money chain letter. Send-a-dime (25¢ as amended). Printed. From the ACL hoard. Southern US, 1935.

 
     PROSPERITY CLUB
      "In God We Trust"
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HOPE * FAITH * PROSPERITY
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   This charm was sent in the hope
of bringing prosperity to you.
Within three days make five
copies of this letter, leaving off
the top name and address and
adding your name and address 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 one paper dollar    25¢  PIECE
wrapped in paper as a charity do-
nation. In turn, as your name
leaves the top you should receive
fifteen thousand, six hundred and
twenty-five (15,625) letters with
donations amounting to $15,62.5. $3,906.25
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                                        NOTE:    Is this worth a dollar toA QUARTER TO
                                                  you?
                                                  Have the faith of your
                                                  friends and this charm will
                                                  not be broken.
                                       NOTE:    If you are unwilling to
                                                 carry on this work, please
                                                 return this letter to the last
                                                 mentioned on the list so
                                                 that the chain w ill not be
                                                 broken.
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PROSPERITY    CLUB


Name                      Address                   City

B.N. THORNTON     421 WEST CENTRAL AVE.        ORLANDO, FLA.
N.K. GRIFFIN       44 GROVE HILL COURT         ORLANDO, FLA.
MR. S.E. ROBERTS   905 I. ST                   WAYCROSS, GA.
D.L. LAUGHINGHOUSE SR.  1026 ALBANY AVE.       WAYCROSS, GA.
MRS W.C. GARDNER        P.O. BOX. 302          WAYCROSS, GA.
    __________________________________________________________

Text commercially printed, columnar format, fully justified, centered on standard 8.5" by 11" page. A hand stamp has modified, in three places,  the printed text from a dollar ante version to a quarter ante. Names and addresses are a fuzzy carbon copy, placed on lines provided by the printed form. Last (sixth) name not filled in. Lines and bold preserved. Printing identical to two other Waycross, Ga letters in hoard except for dime ante instead of quarter as above. Given by Jim Fisher, Charleston, S.C. to D. VanArsdale.

This was one of 13 items from a 1935 Atlantic Coast Line railroad file, the "ACL hoard." These are designated by "rr" after the date in the archive filename.

me1935-05rr_sd-25c_ovrprnt

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