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They seemed very interested.
I also explained the Superlignum process (waste sulphite liquor treatment) and left a bottle of the material with them.
At Byrnes & Townsend office found out Townsend was ill in bed but will be up Monday.  Afternoon met Dr. Cameron and took supper with him.  He told me about his very original work in soils which seems to limit very much the importance of fertilizers.
[[margin]] In Washington [[/margin]]
Went to see the "Rose of the Rancho" a charming way very well played and beautiful stage scenery; an example of what an amount of romance
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can be found in the history of this country.
After the play went for a short time to Cosmos Club.
[[margin]] March 8 [[/margin]]  Spent all day in the hotel Shoreham in my room, studying revising patent specifications and reading the sunday papers.
[[margin]] Harvey Wiley [[/margin]]
In the evening met Dr. H. W. Wiley at the Cosmos Club and found out through him that a signed article published under his name by the New York [[strikethrough]] Times [[/strikethrough]] Times, that very day, has never been written [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] by him nor has he ever written anything for that paper. He told me also that the Standard Oil Co who control the Corn products Co have bought several news papers who are now attacking him systematically.
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