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[SEPT 7, 1893] Bologna, Italy Dear Ed Left Venice this morning and after putting in 6 hours in Padua came here to await a late train 2.25 A.M. for Florence. Venice is just like its pictures. Padua is like Moundsville if the latter had been petrified for a thousand years. But this place is a hustler. Saw Dante's house in P. Yours T. P. A. Hot don't talk!! [[stamp]] E C B G SEP 9 530PM 93 [[/stamp]]