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VAL M. ANTUONO AND CUBAN HAVANA SEGARS (C.H.S)

7/1/2007

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Val M. Antuono cigar factory
He arrived in America with his father, Vincent, and two brothers in 1886. He was still experiencing the pain of losing his mother, Sarah, the year before. His father wanted to start a new life with his sons, and America was the place to do that. They first arrived in New York but soon after that settled in Tampa, knowing there were many jobs to find. 

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ZARZUELAS

5/1/2007

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Agua, Cascarillas y Aguardiente
A scene from the 1964 production of “Agua, Cascarillas y Aguardiente” at the Centro Asturiano. Erlinda Arias Pardo and Dalia Fernandez Ranon were the co-leads.
Question: A “zarzuela” is (a) a royal palace in Spain, (b) a briar bush, (c) a Spanish operetta, (d) a seafood concoction, or (e) a Spanish word guaranteed to throw non-Spanish speaking people for a loop? Answer: All the above!

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EL LECTOR: BANDITS TRY TO STEAL CIGAR PAYROLL IN 1921

5/1/2007

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Regensburg Cigar Factory in Ybor City
Regensburg Cigar Factory in Ybor City
I knew the workers were anxiously awaiting my arrival to share with them the news in today’s morning Tampa Tribune. I would have to delay drinking my first cup of café con leche until after I read about yesterday’s daring bank robbery attempt. “Read Señor, please read and tell us what happened,” one voice yelled. 

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THE YBOR CITY HISTORICAL MUSEUM: AN OLD MAN'S DREAM

5/1/2007

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Emilio del Rio
Emilio del Rio standing outside the Ybor City Museum Historical Museum.
He was a simple man who owned a bicycle shop in Ybor City, which doubled as a makeshift museum. He spent his time and money decorating its walls with old photographs and documents from the early days of Ybor City. His father, Antonio del Rio, arrived with Vicente Martinez Ybor in 1886 and helped build this cigar town, so Emilio had many memories.

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PLEASE FILL MY DEMITASSE CUP

3/1/2007

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1920 Wiskey Still found in a house in Tampa.
1920 Wiskey Still found in a house in Tampa.
I awoke early on this fourth day of April 1930 to an unusually cold day. My oil heater did little to keep the chill out of the wooden boarding house I called home. I looked down from my second-story window to the activity on the street below.

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