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Grand Drawing of Louisiana State Lottery June 16 1885
The Louisiana State Lottery announces its monthly Grand Drawing in New Orleans with over $522,000 in prizes. Ticket details include 100,000 tickets at $10 and fractions at $1, with full information available from M A Dauphin, New Orleans. Also reported are 1885 prize results and local shooting incidents in Dougherty and Lee counties, plus a canary trained to sing a specific tune and a mule valued at $260 in golf.
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New Orleans
M.A. Dauphin
John W. Haywood
L. M. Verdery
Charlton St
Savannah
J. A. B. Putnam
Mt. Pleasant
Texas
F. Spendrap
Donaldsonville
W. C
Strother
Bacon
Josh Jackson
D. E. Nelms
Jack
Solomon
Lee County
Albany
al- Friend
State Street
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