WHAT'S ON

United Kingdom

31 August 1907

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HOW THE MYSTIC SYMBOL

AFFECTED OUR ARTIST.

HOUSEHOLD MISHAPS FOLLOW

RECEIPT OF CURIOUS MISSIVE.

An extraordinary letter, enclosing a strange, elliptical card, has been received at the Daily Mirror office. The substance of the letter is as follows: “Two days ago I received the enclosed card anonymously. Within a few minutes, disasters of a minor kind began to happen in my little home. First, one of my most valuable vases fell to the ground and smashed to pieces. My clock stopped—the clock was near the card—and then I discov-ered that my dear little canary lay dead at the bottom of its cage! I am fully convinced that the characters on the card have some evil influence. Please do not send the dreadful thing back to me.”—From Daily Mirror, August 15th, 1907.