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A newspaper man with his wife called - wanted to borrow money for keeping on publishing his Coconut Grove weekly. Told him I am no banker and had so many other responsibilities at present so could not loan him money Mailed several long letters to office.
[[underline]] January 24. [[/underline]] Sunday. [[red underline]] Supremely beautiful [[/red underline]] day. All morning writing. Restful undisturbed day. Wired night letter approving amended ^[[employment]] contract form as suggested by Holmgren and approved by Operating Committee A marvelous moonrise over a calm sea this evening.
[[underline]] Jan 25. [[/underline]] Writing and planting.
[[strikethrough]] [[underline]] Jan 26 [[/underline]] Andrew Murray asks me to [[/strikethrough]] Sent [[red underline]] opinion about several patents to Nielsen [[/red underline]] also to Geo and to Redman etc
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[[underline]] Jan 26. [[/underline]] Visit this morning of Mrs. [[red underline]] Livermore, [[/red underline]] ^[[of Yonkers]] her son daughter in law and Mr & Mrs Barnes - parents of Rose Barnes. showed them the garden etc.
[[underline]] Jan 27. [[/underline]] Another of the very beautiful weather days we have had since I arrived here. and not a single cold night. Wind steadily Easterly 
[[underline]] Jan 28. - Jan 29. [[/underline]] Wired Holmgren my approval of license contract [[red underline]] Glyptal [[/red underline]] for grind stones with [[red underline]] General Electric Co [[/red underline]] Afternoon drove to Miami Beach. Except for the popular free bathing shore the place looks rather dead
[[underline]] June 30. [[/underline]] All day here. busy deciding [[red underline]] what foreign patents to drop. [[/red underline]] All these patents have [[red underline]] been taken out needlessly and at great expense without consulting me. George writes me Miss Bidwell (Mrs. Cook) my secretary expects a baby in June and asks to be relieved till September. He writes he thinks he can get along without engaging a new man, with the help of Holmgren and Miss McCann