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[[left margin in red]] Hoover election [[/left margin]]
First rain and cloudy then bright and sunny
[[underline]] Nov 6. [[/underline]] Election. First studied the ballot at home then [[red underline]] went to the polls in New City Hall [[/red underline]] pretty Spanish Style. Bright sun and hot and a long row of voters waiting, no colored people. Notwithstanding the hot sun people waited good naturedly in line and exchanged pleasant conversation. Looked first as if we should have to stay all day in the sun. But notwithstanding the long line and a lengthy complicated ballot which had to be filled in by pen or pencil the average rate of voting was 250 per hour. [[red underline]] Everything simply but well managed. [[/red underline]] The white and light colored summer [[strikethrough]] dresses [[/strikethrough]] clothes
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make a different impression to our cold weather, overcoat elections North. Women voters very numerous. Not a trace of disorder. We arrived at about 8:30AM and had finished about 9:50AM.
Mail brought me a copy of the "Percolator" issued by the Chemists Club of New York in which I found a [[red underline]] humoristic biography of myself [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] written by [[red underline]] Ellwood Hendrick [[/red underline]] which made both of us laugh. This is the third of [[red underline]] three delightful days [[/red underline]] all alone here.
[[strikethrough]] [[underline]] Nov 7 [[/underline]] Overwhelm [[/strikethrough]]
We both are wondering what the election will bring. [[red underline]] Celine thinks Hoover will be overwhelmingly elected. So do I, [[/red underline]] yet I am prepared for un-