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cessors continued the business under the name of “Pedro Russo Sucesores” until 1912, when it was absorbed
by “Miguel B. Perellada y Ca.,” with his widow, Gertrudis (Tula) Perellada, as a limited partner
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but who left
for Banes, Cuba, with his children in 1913.
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Grisolía, Cino & Cía., which appeared as a novelty establishment in 1904,
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ceased operations in No-
vember 1905; its establishment was occupied by D.T. Russo y Ca.
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The operations in Puerto Plata were
dissolved in 1908, due to the death of its partner Carlos Grisolía; the company “Cino Hermanos,”
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owned
by Francisco y Angel Cino, took over the company’s assets and liabilities. In Santiago, the new house oper-
ated for some time in the Central Casino, until the Cino brothers decided to move to Puerto Plata,
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closing
their operations in January 1909.
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Another prominent establishment was Campagna Hermanos, owned
by the brothers Alberto, Luis and Aquiles Campagna Pezzotti, natives of Santa Domenica Talao; founded
around 1906, the company, which was located on the corner of Calle Comercio (today España) and Calle
Exconvento (General Cabrera),
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supplied retailers in Tamboril, Moca, Salcedo, Mao, Jánico, and San José
de Las Matas.
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The latter company sold—and possibly produced—Campagna rum, one of the best and
most popular rums in the city,
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as well as Plá rum,
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produced by Divanna, Grisolía and Plá, from Puerto
Plata.
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Other noteworthy businesses include the shop of Domingo Francisco Russo Dipuglia, brother of
Pedro Russo, opened in 1905 on the corner of Calle Libertad and Calle Comercio
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(today Máximo Gómez
and España), and which later moved to Calle Del Sol;
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and the Hotel Garibaldi, established in 1907 by Luis
Schiffino
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Perrone, also from Santa Domenica Talao, and which formed a regional hotel complex with the
Hotel Europa in Puerto Plata,
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the Hotel Marconi in Moca (owned by the Schiffino brothers and which
opened its doors in 1909
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), and the Hotel Italia in La Vega, across from the railway station and next to
the national post and telegraph office,
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and owned by one of the brothers Peruccio,
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who purchased the
Hotel Inglaterra in San Pedro de Macorís in 1913.
Also worth mentioning is a café-restaurant that would become iconic during an entire era in the city’s
history: El Edén, owned by Aquiles Campagna Pezzotti, who would also become the owner of the Hotel Gar-
ibaldi as a result of its acquisition from Luis Schiffino
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before he left for Italy in mid-1915 to enroll in military
service with his brother Petruccio,
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who lived in San Pedro de Macoris.
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Campagna Pezzotti commissioned
Sarnelli Bakery of
Flor and Vicente
Sarnelli on the
corner of the Del Sol
Street and Benito
Monción Street in
Santiago.
© Edwin Espinal
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