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[[start page]] visited [[underlined]] Cooper Hewitt Electric Co in Hoboken[[underlined]]to purchase a quartz Mercury lamp for ultraviolet rays. Met there a certain Dr. Pole. Then went to Martins dinner of [[underlined]] Inventors Guild,[[underlined]] then went to Club until 1230 PM Oct 28/Home all day. [[underlined]]Electric light is up in laboratory.[[unnderlined]]back here for supper. To bed early but slept poorly Oct 29(Sunday) [[red line in left margin demarking this portion]] Busy all day in study room. Am irritated and account of careless filing which makes work [[underlined]] very [[underlined]] difficult and uncertain [[end page] [[start page]] 25 [[red line in left margin continues]] I began to feel restless and troubled by poor sleep. If only I could get some rest far away from bakelite and my usual surroundings. [[end of red line in margin]] Oct 30/Busy all day dictating belated letters here with now and then a peep in the laboratory This evening [[underlined]] Dourness [[underlined]]called me up at home for a hurried [[underlined]] loan of $500.00 [[underlined]] which he says he will pay back in a few days. I sent him my check for this amount by special delivery. [[underlined]] Shall I ever see it back and will it join other similar loans which were never repaid? [[underlined]] [[end of page]]