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Took 180$ . along
Draw 125$ letter credit
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305$ total
72$
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3£ left
305$
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Spent 222$ private
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[[underlined]] July 10. Sunday [[/underlined]]
We have been at anchor before Thompkinsville all night. Got up at 4:30 AM. finished packing. Bright beautiful day with Westerly breeze, but [[strikethrough]] hotter [[/strikethrough]] hotter than any day since I left Florida. Put on summer clothes. Docked at 8 AM. Telegram handed to me whereby George tells me for the first time that [[red underlined]] Celine has been seriously ill [[/red underlined]] [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] since a month but is better now. This upsets my homecoming.
Dick who was there with the car tells me how seriously ill [[red underlined]] Celine [[/red underlined]] has been and needed attendance of 2 physicians and nurse. Trouble seems to be what was first considered a tumor of the brain but later on proved an [[red underlined]] abcess [[/red underlined]] high up in the nasal cavities and which at one time seemed to be a sinus infection. Found dear [[red underlined]] Celine [[/red underlined]] in bed, smiling at me, and more cheerful than I dared expect. She leaves her bed occasionally, but gets easily tired, and cannot stand noise or long talks and still suffers of occasional acute pains, [[strikethrough]] But [[/strikethrough]] in the head. [[strikethrough]] But [[/strikethrough]] Altho recovery may require some time present condition seem encouraging. [[red underlined]] What a narrow escape! [[/red underlined]] and what a loss it would have been for our family. And Celine never ill, to be attacked this way unexpectedly. Months ago she had repeatedly told me that her eyesight worried her and I supposed simply that she had the wrong kind of spectacles. I believe
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now that these were the first symptoms of the infection which [[strikethrough]] rather [[/strikethrough]] later spread farther.
[[left margin in red]] [[red underlined]] Grandchildren [[/red underlined]] [[/left margin in red]]
George Baekeland, Nina, George Roll came for luncheon and [[red underlined]] Celine came out [[/red underlingd]] of bed for a short time to sit with us. Cornelia and her children are at the camp. Nina's four charming children all came to greet me, and their grand'ma. Distributed little presents to them a dutch [[red underlined]] little doll [[/red underlined]] each to Celine [[red underlined]] Ninette [[/red underlined]], & some small [[strikethrough]] dutsa [[/strikethrough]] dutch wooden shoes as pin cushion & thimble holders, a little marble clock [[strikethrough]] wh [[/strikethrough]] with a turning Dutch windmill to Baekland Roll, a collection of animals in Bakelite to [[red underlined]] little Peter [[/red underlined]] and to the latter three each a flying artificial bird. It was a pleasure to see how glad they were. [[/red underlined]] Excellent children. [[/red underlined]]
George remained to talk me about pending business matters which require my attention. Afternoon [[red underlined]] Celine [[/red underlined]] got up again and took a very short walk in the garden.
[[underlined]] July 11. [[/underlined]] [[red underlined]] Celine [[/red underlined]] looks about the same as yesterday and cheerful. Dick drove me to the office. [[red underlined]] Discussed with George [[/red underlined]] & Rossi & S.B. the pending contract for [[red underlined]] formaldehyde. [[/red underlined]] No final decision reached. Rossi & Sanford Brown point out danger of stirring up Dupont against up and not having the advantage of Union Carbide, of not knowing the offer of the latter. - Yet as I pointed out I can hardly see, how, without being unfair to [[red underline]] Union Carbide [[/red underline]] we
