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Home all day. Rain and rain!

April 17. ?

April 18. Home all morning. Toe better. Townsend telephones from conference with [[underlined ]]Kirk Brown[[/underlined]] says things all right but wants me.. Met them at Claremount Restaurant. Very unconciliatory attitude [[underlined]] of Brown. He looks impossible to me and irritates[[/underlined]] me by his rasping [[strikethrough]]gre[[/strikethrough]] unfairness and greed! Tired me till 5 P.M.
Banquets of [[underlined]]Nichols[[/underlined]] at Waldorf Astoria offered by him as retiring president of International Congress. Celine and other ladies present very enjoyable
April 19. Here in Yonkers all morning Sent week end Cablegram to [[underline]]Carmel De Bruyne [[/underline]] who is on his way towards America. Afternoon went to meet [[underline]] Peter [[/underline]]

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[[underline]] Waldenberg and Paulus at [[/underline]] Brooklyn laboratory
Change 2 hours.  Then with Celine to Hasslacher then to [[underline]]Chemists Club [[/underline]]where dinner in Honor of [[underline]]Nichols [[/underline]]and Hesse is given Great success. Well attended all in lecture room. Ladies sit in balcony.[[Strikethrough]]I made a [[/strikethrough]] Arthur Little funding.  was asked to speak.  Home in our motor car with Celine, Hasslacher, the Whitakers and Dr. Horne.  Enjoyable evening
[[margin]]April 20 1914[[/margin]]
(Sunday)Very windy but cold and bright.  Drove to Club with car to fetch Bigelow, Herty and [[underline]]Rigg[[/underline]] Lunched with with George and Nina's friends. [[underline]] Bigelow [[/underline]] tells me intends to leave Government service to join National [[Canners?]] Association's laboratory

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Transcription Notes:
April 20th was a Sunday in 1913, not 1914. Probably typo. National Canners Association Lab existed at the time. "Canners" is likely the correct word.