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this [[red underline]] will end the whole matter in a friendly way. [[/red underline]] He and Townsend ask me that in case we come to no agreement [[red underline]] we should leave the matter open for future events [[/red underline]] To which I answered that I could not vouch for any events or changes which might occur in the meantime  Left them [[strikethrough]] all in [[/strikethrough]] both in very friendly spirit. George B, this time was not with me
[[underline]] Sept. 26. [[/underline]] Very sultry. Notified Rossi. Redman and Sanford Brown about [[strikethrough]] end of [[/strikethrough]] ^[[further]] negotiations with [[red underline]] Barret [[/red underline]]
[[underline]] Sept 27. [[/underline]] Cool today. Went to [[red underline]] dentist 8:30 nerve of left upper incisive [[/red underline]] teeth, cleaning and antiseptic prior to filling
[[underline]] Sept 28. [[/underline]] Sunday. Cool and bright. Nina and her children here all happy & healthy.
[[underline]] Sept 29. [[/underline]] Visit of E. H Outebridge as director of Chase National Bank to invite us to open account there
[[underline]] Sept 30. [[/underline]] Visit to [[red underline]] dentist [[/red underline]] removal of packing Went to see [[red underline]] Dickey Baekelenad [[/red underline]] in hospital where she has been operated
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[[left margin in red]] Col. Pope wants to buy Bakelite Co [[/left margin]]
for tonsils. Looks pale but courageous with her wide staring eyes. [[red underline]] As usually had a boat with her in bed. [[/red underline]] - Brave little girl.
Colonel [[red underline]] Fred Pope [[/red underline]] arrived at the office and point blank asked me [[red underline]] whether "I wanted to sell Bakelite [[/red underline]] Corporation."  He says he can sell it if I name price. Told him his unexpected offer was very flattering but I had no moral right, even if I so desired to speak of selling the company without insuring the interests of all concerned. That furthermore there was no good reason for selling, and [[red underline]] if I sold would not know of a better instrument for my money, [[/red underline]] etc. etc. [[strikethrough]] He told me that [[/strikethrough]] I asked him [[red underline]] why he had sold [[/red underline]] his company (Nitrogen Co) to [[red underline]] Cyanamid. [[/red underline]] He told me that he had approached [[red underline]] Mr. Bell, [[/red underline]] president of Cyanamid with a vast project of creating a nitrogen and general chemical plant somewhere on the Texas  shore and that [[red underline]] Bell [[/red underline]] looked so favorably upon this project that he offered