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Word: buonfiglio (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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...buried the hatchet? One party is Fred G. Bonfils, sometime gambler, fighter, and more recently philanthropist, who is proud to say that his grandfather (surnamed Buonfiglio) was a cousin of Napoleon Bonaparte. When the West was a gold brick, Mr. Bonfils bounced about until he profited $800,000 in the Little Louisiana Lottery. Then he ran into a garrulous bartender named H. H. Tammen and they bought a newspaper, the Denver Post, with which they fattened the gambler's wad and extended the bartender's ingenuity. They had a circus, too (Sells-Floto). But, for raw meat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: In Denver | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

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