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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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Arn 20 1878 FRANK LESLIES ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER 119 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 Grn T A Harris Prest Mex Trading and Trans Co Con Gro E H Gray and other prominent citizens LIstT OF PRIZES 1 CAPITAL PRIZE for tea 50000 be yo eee 2000025 Pri 8 1000 each 25000 2 Prizes 10000 each 2000050 Prizes 500 each 25000 5 Prizes 5000 each 25000200 Prizes 200 each 40000 5 Prizes 3000 cach 15000800 Prizes 100 each 80000 10 Prizes 2000 each 20000 1099 Prizes all Cash 320000 _Whole Tickets 10 Halves 5 Quarters 250 11 Tickets 100 3344 Tickets 300 57 Tickets 500 4ay Official lists of Drawing will be sent gratis to all buyers and will also be published in Louisville Courier JouRNAL and. New York HERALD Money can be sent by Mail Postal Order Registered Letter Express or Draft payable to CoMMONWEALTH 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.