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Louisiana Lottery Draws Fourth Prize in 1888 Ode
The 215th Monthly Grand Quarterly Louisiana Lot drawing in New Orleans on March 13, 1888, offered top prizes of 300000, 100000, 50000, and 25000 with prizes sold in fractions across numerous U.S. cities. Recipients included Fred Hofer of Illinois, E H Woodson of Virginia, and many others. The notice lists multiple winners by state and city, plus banks and depots. Also promotes temperance speaker Mrs Mary Read Goodale and various patent medicines and household remedies with advertisements.
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New Orleans
G. '. Beauregard
Jubal A. Early
M. A. Dauphin
Fred Hofer
Taylor Ridge
Ill
E. H. Woodson
Main St
Lynshburg
Bank of Commerce
St. Louis
Wells, Fargo & Co
San Francisco
Cal
R. A. Lord
Emporium
John Murphy
Seneca, I
I. N. Woodcox
Sidney O
W.T. Ridgeway
Sixth Ave
New York
American Exchange Nat'l Bank of
N. Y
Nat'l Bank of
Helena
Ark
L. D. More+lock
Olive St
Evansville
Ind
Petersburg
Southern Express Co
la. Nav'l Bank
B. Kirk
Seneca Falls
Max Haefner
Greenwich
S8t
Nat'l Bank
Nat'l Exchange Bank of
Dallas
Texas
Ernest Thiemer
Olive, St
Cleveland, CO
Arkansas Nat'l Bank of
Willett St
Germania Bank
New York City
Alf
Libert
Lake Charles
Frank Hall
Magazine &T
H. Gluck
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Clara Wisdom
Haymarket Theatre
Chicago