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is getting more and more complicated. [[underlined]] Orders are decidedly less than last year. So are profits [[/underlined]] and our [[underlined]] expenses [[/underlined]] in every direction are [[underlined]] increasing [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] everybody [[/underlined]] in the company [[underlined]] helps [[/underlined]] increasing [[underlined]] them [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] Oct 12 [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] (Sunday)[[/strikethrough]] (Columbus day), 1926. A very beautiful day. Spent all morning on the Hudson, [[underlined]] sailing the new dinghy, [[/underlined]] then the [[underlined]] Cape-Cod sail boat. [[/underlined]] Light winds. Afternoon reading and studying problems.
[[underlined]] Oct 13 [[/underlined]] At office.
Oct 14. Ditto. Afternoon meeting at [[underlined]] Townsend. George B [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] Bender [[/underlined]] there. [[underlined]] Redman half hour late. [[/underlined]] As I feel very tired I left.
[[underlined]] Oct 15. [[/underlined]] At 9:30 Postponed meeting at [[underlined]] Townsend's, [[/underlined]] all morning reviewing [[underlined]] pending applications for patents [[/underlined]]
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[[underlined]] Oct 16. [[/underlined]] Went sailing alone all morning in Hudson River in small dinghy newly made. Good breeze and pleasant weather. 
Jim [[strikethrough]] started [[/strikethrough]] pressed early Delaware grapes which gave [[underlined]] 15 gallons. [[/underlined]] Started one 6 gal. pot of green grapes.
[[underlined]] Oct. 17. [[/underlined]] (Sunday) Raining.  Toch and Mrs. Toch visited
[[underlined]] Oct 18 [[/underlined]] Sent 1/2 months check to Petersen, wife. All day at office
[[underlined]] Oct 19. [[/underlined]] Deposited $53676.58 in bank from sale of 4th 4 1/4 Liberty bonds. Gave [[underlined]] $25000 each to George [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] Nina. [[/underlined]] Evening at U.C. [[underlined]] Baron G. de Bethune [[/underlined]] of Brussels at our table. Pupin had wild ducks.
[[underlined]] Oct 20  Schleussner [[/underlined]] here at 10 AM. [[left margin red vertical line]] Then [[underlined]] Sachs[[/underlined]] of [[underlined]] Bakelite Gesellschaft at 10:30 and Hays. [[/underlined]] He says desires much to make friendly settlement. That he is willing to give me [[underlined]] 28% [[/underlined]] of their stock. [[/Left margin vertical red line]] Their capital is 1000000 Mks ($250000), and their assets are