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from a mere boy of 18 has grown to a man of over thirty - says he is married for the second time.  Nice behavior of firemen.  I left a full box of cigars for them, yet they left half of them.  Later on arrived Newman to verify my [[/vertical line in margin]] policies with his record.  Then came Thurlow and Gotthelf who took short lunch with me.  In afternoon arrived [[red X in margin]] [[underlined]] Dr. Wiechmann who came to consult me about his Protan [[Protal]] an vegetable [[?]] say vegetable Ivory wastes
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[[marginal entry in red Wiechmann]] as obtained from buttons [[/underlined]] which he says he can get for $10.00 per ton.  grinds it with alkaline solution adds some caseine then compresses hot.  He brought me a copy of his book on electrochemistry and I gave him copy of my book on Motor Car trip Europe.  He says his Protan [[Protal]] is not waterproof and softens.  Showed me buttons and discs made by it.  A friend convinced me afterwards that they soften very much.  He seemed very enthusiastic about my Bakelite lecture I held last Monday and where he was present
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These page and previous 8 journal pages did not appear in space to left and when they finally did, they were sideways and couldn't be righted. What gives? Please advise and correct this. Thanks, Hugh