Word: boni
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Marie Pierre Louis Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Sagan, fifth Duke of Talleyrand, 78, husband of Railway Heiress Anna Gould; of a heart attack; in Paris. The Duke married Heiress Gould in 1908 after she had been divorced from his cousin, Count Boni de Castellane. Her father, Jay Gould, who bequeathed her $80,000,000, opposed their marriage...
...cannot but feel, however, that the "Association of Gold Star Mothers" got the dirty end of that Princeton stick. They get shipped to Europe "to view the green fields where their sons shall some day lie" while we stay home and enjoy our boni at Savin Rock. Inasmuch as Mr. Brisbane assures us that the next war will be a Japanese invasion, we see no reason why the Vassar heroines cannot get "teary around the eyes" looking at the green fields adjacent to New Haven...
RISE AND FIGHT AGAINE-Samuel Merwin - Boni...
...Merwin (Silk, Temperamental Henry). Last week Liggett drugstores throughout the U. S. were featuring on their cut-rate book counters this "amazing TRUE story of a man who conceived the greatest cooperative organization in history." Because there is no such thing as a Pure Blurb and Ballyhoo Law, Publisher Boni could not be sued for misrepresentation. On the other hand, though this latest Rexall product must certainly be classed as patent medicine, it did not contain any habit-forming drugs...
...partner of famed Bridgebuilder Ralph Modjeski; when, rocked by a gust of wind, he lost his balance and fell 120 ft. from the Delaware River Bridge; in Philadelphia. Died. Horace Brisbin Liveright, 46, Manhattan publisher and stage producer; of pneumonia; in Manhattan. A onetime bond salesman, he, with Albert Boni, formed Boni & Liveright, Inc., which later became Liveright Inc., now bankrupt. Some of his authors: Eugene O'Neill, Theodore Dreiser, Sherwood Anderson, : Emil Ludwig, Robinson Jeffers, Ben ; Hecht, Hendrik Van Loon. Died. Michael Joseph ("Turkey Mike") Donlin, 57, actor, oldtime baseballer; of heart disease; in Los Angeles...