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Title
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Letters, June 29, 1911_015
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Alternative Title
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Letters, June 29, 1911
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Date
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June 29, 1911
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Creator
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Edith Schwartz Clements
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Description
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handwritten letter
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Identifier
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nshs-rg3158am-002
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Transcription
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15 burg, but the train rocked worse than a ship at sea & I had to give it up. We left Friday afternoon & reached about eight, drove to an address both & had given us & were delighted with the accommodations & the price offered. The characteristic
thing about the interior of houses & pensions here is the spaciousness: ceilings-
12 to 15 ft. high, windows to match. Think of trying to heat these with a tile stove!
This pension had two large entrance doors, & a pair of iron-barred gates. We had to
unlock all three at night with enormous keys. Another noticeable thing is the lack
of illumination. At , I stumbled up & down two flights of stairs, in a dark hall, hunting the proprietor;
at , there was an oil lamp set on the stairs, tho' the room had electricity. German "sparsamkeit" (frugality) is a wonderful thing. Everything is planned on the scale of their unit
of money,
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Rights
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