Italian Importing Company Advertisement
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Advertisement for the Italian Importing Company with office at 319 Depot Street and grocery at 300 SW 4th Street, Des Moines, Iowa. Indicates: wholesale and retail dealers in groceries, wines, liquors, beer, and cigars. Exclusive agents for the celebrated Val Blatz and Monarch Beers as well as Italian imported delicacies, olive oil, romano, gogonzola, parmisano, and pecorino cheese, salami, garlic, macaroni.
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Romano Fruit Stand
According to a Des Moines Register article, Egidio Romano came to Des Moines from Italy by way of Omaha, Kansas City, and then St. Paul. Romano started his fruit stand in Des Moines in 1891 and eventually became the Secretary-Treasurer of the…