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for [[red underline]] Red Cross. George [[/red underline]] still better and sitting up.
June 25 (Sunday). Rainy. [[red underline]] George [[/red underline]] again suffering and in bed. Spent all day writing and dictating on phonograph
June 26.  Busy morning then to New York to talk to [[red underline]] May. [[/red underline]] about business matters of Gen. [[red underline]] Bakelite [[/red underline]] Co. Told him we were now ready to take up question of renewal of [[red underline]] contract [[/red underline]] where bonus is calculated on earnings unless he desires to leave us.  He says is very satisfied and wants to [[red underline]] make bakelite his life work. [[/red underline]] I notice that [[red underline]] Pittsburgh newspaper [[/red underline]] has written an editorial [[/red underline]] on [[strikethrough]] my address [[/strikethrough]] that part of my address relating
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to size of [[red underline]] Lake Champlain and population of the Earth. [[/red underline]] The [[red underline]] N.Y Herald [[/red underline]] now is reproducing it [[red underline]] in an article. [[/red underline]]
When passing Cortlandt Park saw [[red underline]] militia soldiers [[/red underline]] camped and training before leaving for [[red underline]] Mexican Border.  Germany [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] has succeeded [[/strikethrough]] 
^[[seems]] succeeding in getting the [[red underline]] help of our politicians, jingoes and business interests in forcing Wilson [[/red underline]] in a war with [[red underline]] Mexico and these poor chaps will pull the chestnuts out of the fire [[/red underline]] for the whole lot!-- [[red underline]] Horribly sad! [[/red underline]]
Met [[red underline]] Kirk  Brown [[/red underline]] at Drug Club. he was very mild and friendly.  I told him we would be willing to recognize his patent on two [[strikethrough]] soluti [[/strikethrough]] solvent lacquer if we can induce [[red underline]] Damard [[/red underline]] Co to do the same and pay part of