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I told him that americans were queer fellows and had some queer notions, for instance [[red underlined]] they had made up their mind that nobody should eat with his knife - [[/red underlined]] just by sheer eccentricity had made it some kind of social law - and were fanatical about it. That of course any well educated European knew that this was absurd because the most comfortable and distinguished way of eating was to eat from your knife etc. He found the point of view of the american very amusing and queer but soon forgot all about it and kept digging his knife in his throat in great fashion as before.
[[strikethrough]] Dec. 29. [[/strikethrough]] I introduced him to [[red underlined]] Dr. Welsch [[/red underlined]] of Baltimore
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Dec. 29. Meeting between Carr and Skinner of Westinghouse and May and myself at new office discussing under what conditions we can give them a license
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who invited him to work at the new research institute of the Carnegie foundation.
Dec. 30. At noon went to Chemist Club for lunch there met [[red underlined]] Herty [[/red underlined]] and warned him of danger of trying to live in New York with large family on [[red underlined]] an income of $6000 if he had no other income than that of Editor of the Journal of Industrial Chemistry. [[/underlined]]
Later went with [[red underlined]] Elwood [[/red underlined]] Hendrick to visit [[red underlined]] Horton [[/red underlined]] and make them acquainted. Then [[strikethrough]] wet [[/strikethrough]] with [[red underlined]] vander Stricht to [[/red underlined]] Mouquin for supper then home [[strikethrough]] very very tried with [[[/strikethrough]] with [[strikethrough]] Dec. 31. [[/strikethrough]] [[red underlined]] Vander Stricht who kept on telling me stories of refugees and the invasion of Flanders. [[/red underlined]] 
Dec. 31. [[red underlined]] vander Stricht here.  George [[/red underlined]] out of the hospital looks thin and worn. Professor [[red underlined]] Lamb [[/red underlined]]

Transcription Notes:
Charles H. Herty was an academic who became a national advocate for the nascent American chemical industry. Instructions say to use the word 'underlined' in brackets when words are underlined in text. Seems appropriate because indicates past tense.