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FROM THE ARCHIVE1855·New York, New York

320,000 CASH IN PRIZES

Scanned from Frank Leslie'S Illustrated Newspaper, 1855
320,000 CASH IN PRIZES
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Aprin 6 1878 FRANK LESLIES ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER 87 320000 CASH IN PRIZES THIRD GRAND DRAWING Commonwealth Distribution Co. In the City of Louisville Ky ON TUESDAY APRIL 30th 1878 Or Money Refunded Under the immediate supervision of R C WinTER smitH Ex Treas State of Ky Gen T A Harris Prest Mex Trading and Trans Co Con Go E H Gray and other prominent citizens List OF PRIZES 1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF 50000 1 Bejze oc3 By ce takt 2000025 Prizes1000 each 25000 2 Prizes 10000 each 2000050 Prizes 500 each 25000 5 Prizes 5000 each 25000200 Prizes 200 each 40000 5 Prizes 3 000 each 15000800 Prizes 100 each 80000 10 Prizes 2000 each 20000 1099 Prizes all Cash 8320000 Whole Tickets 10 Halves 5 Quarters 25011 Tickets 100 333g Tickets 300 57 Tickets 500 4g5 Official lists of Drawing will be sent gratis to all buyers and will also be published in Louisville Courrmr JOURNAL and. New York HERALD Money can be sent by Mail Postal Order Registered Letter Express or Draft payable to ComMMONWEALTH DistRiBuTION Co All orders for Tickets and applications for agencies should be addressed to COMMONWEALTH DISTRIBUTION CO CourierJournal Building Louis ville Ky. Or.

OCR may contain errors typical of early 20th-century print scans. Punctuation and paragraph breaks have been reconstructed for readability.