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under their railroad tracks [[red underline]] mahagony seems very abundant [[/red underline]] in the woods all around here. Many villages seem of recent growth and remind of similar places in Georgia or Florida Horseback riding is still the means of communcation here. - no roads for motor cars except short stretches. [[red underline]] Sugar cane and sugar cane everywhere. [[/red underline]] Palm leaf huts for the natives and [[strikethrough]] other [[/strikethrough]] primitive frame houses assembled with odd plank and palm leaves for roof
Met a [[red underline]] Mr. Allen of Westinghouse Co. [[/red underline]] His father is manager of their Mexico branch. Train arrives on time at [[red underline]] Santiago [[/red underline]] drove to [[red underline]] Casa Grande Hotel. [[/red underline]] - same hotel as in 1915. but
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[[red underline]] Plaza [[/red underline]] has been renovated trees have been cut and stores around have been [[red underline]] modernized [[/red underline]] now incasing the restored cathedral. The [[red underline]] old Venus hotel has burnt down [[/red underline]] and a modern structure has arisen taking away most of the old quaint charm of the Plaza. Ford. cars and their ever barking Klaxons have made the place very noisy and have replaced the old horse carriages. The band still plays on the Plaza but the Senoritas have now all bobbed hair and have adopted the latest fashions as divulged by our American movie-films The remainder of the town has not changed.
My room is a simple but bright and would be all right but