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Mrs. Havelka did not wish to go, but Gápotoský (a bull-headed saloon-keeper) had her ticket and money, and when she demanded them (I learned later) he told her that we were crazy, and that she should remain on the train. This left us the following:

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[[underline]] Emanuel V. Voska [[/underline]] & daughter [[underline]] Villa, [[/underline]] 535 E.86th etc. New York
[[underline]] Karel Va. Janovský [[/underline]] & wife [[underline]]Marie [[/underline]] T. 5043 Western Boulevard, Chicago
[[underline]] Fr. Hajiček [[/underline]] & wife [[underline]] Terezie [[/underline]] & daughters [[underline]]  Mary T [[/underline]] & [[underline]] Elsie [[/underline]] 3337 - W.26 [[underline]]th[[/underline]] etc. Chicago.
[[underline]] Albert V. Ćerný [[/underline]] & daughter underline]] Gděnka, [[/underline]] 2347 Lawndale Ave. South. Chicago.
[[underline]] Rudolf Benedict, [[/underline]] Chicago. 1663 Blue Island Ave.
[[underline]] C. B. Kofránek, [[/underline]] Chicago, & wife [[underline]] Bozěna, [[/underline]] 1414 W. 18[[underline]]th[[/underline]] etc
[[underline]] Rudolf Prŭša [[/underline]] & wife [[underline]] Rŭžena [[/underline]] 312 - E. 79[[underline]]th[[/underline]] etc. New York.
[[underline]] Mrs. Frances Doležal [[/underline]] & son [[underline]] Jos. [[/underline]] - Lorraine, O.
[[underline]] Emil Kriyčí, [[/underline]] Waco, Texas.
[[underline]] B. Simek, [[/underline]] Iowa City, Iowa. Total 22.

Of the party who left, most are alone. Pavliček and wife have been "offish" all along, traveling 2[[underline]]nd[[/underline]] class, and keeping aloof.

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(As a matter of fact Pavliček's did not leave us until we reached Rotterdam. They had purchased a 3[[underline]]rd[[/underline]] class ticket at Prague, good for Oct. 3[[underline]]rd[[/underline]]. But they kept much to themselves). The day is cloudy, but fortunately no rain. We reached Magdeburg at 7:20 A.M. (I lost fare to Stendahl, - about 72½  cents) and purchased tickets for [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Bentheim, - they would not sell farther. After arranging for our baggage and eating breakfast we started on our ragged journey [[insertion]] ^ from Magdeburg [[/insertion] at 10.25 am. I was in a coupé with three Germans. One an old lady who was going to visit her sons (3 are in the army). She is optimistic and enthusiastic, & declared that the French were already in Belgium when the Germans came. (This is her justification!) Another is a young lady, one of Pfeffer's students, who is very enthusiastically for war; and the third, a youngish man who declared that Germany & Austria already had 2,000,000 men in the field, &

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