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[[red underline]] war has not prevented later American business relations [[/red underline]] I notice in the stores [[/red underline]] many bakelite cigarette  and cigar holders [[/red underline]] but sold under no special names simply sold as [[red underline]] Amber! [[/red underline]] As in France and Italy the [[red underline]] newspapers give nothing [[/red underline]] but local news - nothing about the U.S accept once in a while some freak-news R.H.Dunn has established active agencies here ^[[in Spain]] and publishes a review on american exportation products.
April 19. Yesterday I saw a funeral procession. to day another one. The coffin is born or carried on a hearse. and the friends of the deceased follow in a long column. most of them have their truncated
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cone hats [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] ^[[They]] seem to make it an additional vacation day. and the [[?]] walk around the town missing few streets, so when walking thru the town I crossed its course several times.
People here look intelligent but in their [[strikethrough]] active [[/strikethrough]] ^[[work]] they appear sluggish. They [[red underline]] look to me as if all they want to tap their brains is better leader, better examples in the ruling classes. [[/red underline]]
I hear I cannot have any rooms in [[red underline]] Sevilla [[/red underline]] because the [[red underline]] Feria [[/red underline]] has begun and everybody flocks to [[red underline]] Sevilla [[/red underline]] and all hotels are chuck-full and no rooms are obtainable even when all prices of everything hotels, shops, carriages are doubled. So I am compelled