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etc. A real cracker jack and a [[underlined in red]] mine of information [[/underlined in red]] After lunch arrived at Navy Yard, the [[underlined in red]] usual salutes being fired; [[/underlined in red]] we drove to the Navy Department and interrogated Strauss Harris and Palmer about [[underlined in red]] desirable location for Navy Laboratory. They all are decidedly in favor of Washington. [[/underlined in red]]
Then to train: Spraque, Addicks, Webster, Whitney, Ritner and myself were together.
I went to University Club where stayed over night.
Sept 22. At 10 meeting of [[underlined in red]] Nitrate Committee at Engineering Building. Noyes, Hale, Lewis, Whitney. Pupin Gano Dunn and myself [[/underlined in red]] being present. [[underlined in red]] Dunn gave excellent information about
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Muscle Shoals. [[/underlined in red]] Time spent in reframing and rewording report. - [[strikethrough]] Then went [[/strikethrough]] at 4 P.M went to Chemists Club, to talk about funds for next weeks convention with Matthews Then supper at University Club and home
Sept 23. Dictated some belated letters. stayed home all day
Sept 24 (Sunday) Beautiful day [[underlined in red]] Celine George and myself motored to Edward Hewitts' [[/underlined in red]] farm at Boordville in the [[underlined in red]] Ramapo Valley [[/underlined in red]].. Nina has cold stayed home. [[underlined in red]] Hewitt's [[/underlined in red]] farm is part of [[underlined in red]] 25000 acres the Hewitt Estate [[/underlined in red]] has there. Mrs. Hewitt an unusually tall and striking woman of imposing appearance. Is [[underlined in red]] now about fifty [[/underlined in red]] and has gray hair Must have been unusually 

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Instructions say to use the word 'underlined' in brackets when words are underlined in text. Seems appropriate because indicates past tense.