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[[in pencil]] 30 [[/in pencil]]
[[red underline]] Dyer [[/red underline]] etc instead of fighting and becoming
my opponents should not use their brains and activity to help me in my work for the benefit of all concerned. He said he felt that way himself and that [[red underline]] Aylsworth [[/red underline]] and [[red underline]] Dyer [[/red underline]] had the highest 
opinion of my abilities etc. Then I had to leave him because the dinner began and we were called to our places. Dinner was a huge western affair plenty to eat and plenty to drink and all arrayed to advertise 
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the west, the irrigation exposition, [[red underline]] Stilwell [[/red underline]], some railroads and land boomers. The Tabernacle Choir of Utah sang. The biggest assortment of homely raw women I ever saw. Took 11 [[superscript]] 35 [[/superscript]] train home.
Nov 3/ Home all day. [[underline red]] Gothelf [[/underline red]] following out my direction has found [[underline red]] saligenin [[/underline red]] in first mixture of phenol + formaldehyde + HCl. [[underline red]] showing conclusively that this product is [[formed?]] in first step in the reaction [[/underline red]]
Dictated letters all day took lunch, and in evening went to listen
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Transcription Notes:
This is my first attempt. Ugh Mine, too - it can only get better. (The suggested corrections in double brackets in the beginning of this page are mine, as I read back to try to get familiar with the subject and handwriting.) You both did quite well considering. HK