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Remington to Drug & Chemist Club. [[red underline]] War talk. all anti-german. [[/red underline]] Am told matters at [[red underline]] Niagara are getting along very satisfactorily. [[/red underline]] New plant nearly entirely completed and new spirit there.
Went with Townsend first to [[red underline]] Chemists Club. Moore, Hendrick Duggan, [[Mastrich?]] Gilbert Rigg [[/red underline]] etc. then took him for supper to University Club. met [[red underline]] Pupin [[/red underline]], a certain [[strikethrough]] Mr. Mahon [[/strikethrough]] Fulton McMahon [[red underline]] Mali [[/red underline]] consul of Belgium and Mr. [[red underline]] Havenith [[/red underline]] minister of [[red underline]] Belgium. [[/red underline]] Home with 11:30 P.
September 30. Somewhat warmer and windy. Busy dictating all morning. No orders. May away on his vacation. Gothelf busy with methods for [[strikethrough]] indu [[/strikethrough]] commercial production of No. 20 by No 11. In the
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afternoon drove to [[red underline]] Takamine's office [[/red underline]] Remained till 6:30 P.M. giving report and hearing his suggestions as to his commission for Hooker-Kwanto transaction. Charge Hooker 3 hours
[[note in left margin]] 3 hours Hooker [[/note in left margin]]
[[black underline]] Oct. 1. 1914. [[/black underline]] [[red underline]] Sutherland [[/red underline]] who is one of the chemists at Brooklyn laboratory of Royal Baking Powder came here to tell me that matters there are [[red underline]] not going satisfactorily [[/red underline]] and that [[red underline]] statements by Peters and Waldenberger as to conversion of glyoxylic into tartaric [[/red underline]] acid are not correct and are too optimistic [[red underline]] He [[/red underline]] and [[red underline]] Paulus [[/red underline]] seem to have been getting dispondent. I interrogated him and found that his statements are somewhat [[symbol of cross atop a circle]][[red underline]] exaggerated. [[/red underline]] Arranged immediately for interview tonight between all of them and myself so as to sift the truth. I called up [[red underline]] Porter's [[/red underline]] office but he was away. Called up Hooker to tell him about [[strikethrough]] intervew [[/strikethrough]] ^[[interview]] with [[red underline]] Takamine [[/red underline]] towards supper time came here
[[note in left margin]] 6 hours + 1 hour this morning [[/note in left margin]]

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"No. 20" could also be Na20, but then "No 11" is still puzzling.