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[[margin, red pencil, written vertically]] Brazil Sao Paulo [[/margin, red pencil, written vertically]]
quite narrow and crooked but sidewalks as well as pavement well kept and clean. Succession of stores Tried several bookstores to [[underlined in red]] speak French but nobody was able to do so. [[/underlined in red]] English [[underlined in red]] still less. [[/underlined in red]] My room is rather dark but clean, and there are plenty of bath rooms. All in all this hotel seems the best I have struck yet altho' there is still a [[underlined in red]] tendency of using bath rooms for storage of old newspapers and brooms etc. [[/underlined in red]] Splendid succession of residences, [[underlined in red]] tastefully built [[/underlined in red]] and pretty gardens around on avenida. A [[underlined in red]] Belvedere [[/underlined in red]] with a magnificent view on surrounding mountai 
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nous country. View [[underlined in red]] reminds somewhat Florence [[/underlined in red]] but [[underlined in red]] everything is cleaner [[/underlined in red]] and better kept. One of the Avenues has been renamed [[underlined in red]] Avenida Wilson [[/underlined in red]] Went to exposition building to see magueltes of competitors (international) for monument commemorating independence of Brazil. [[underlined in red]] Several are true master pieces. [[/underlined in red]] Noticed several classes of school children from public schools, escorted by their women teachers. Reminded much of similar schools in [[underlined in red]] U.S; but children were quieter, better behaved. [[/underlined in red]] [[strikethrough]] I hear there is a [[/strikethrough]] Went thru part of the city where a strike had just broken out