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[[note in left margin in red]] Yacht Utowana [[/note in left margin]]
[[red underline]] their glass of beer [[/red underline]] at the Anchorage [[red underline]] Barbour and Fairchild [[/red underline]] are leaving Saturday [[red underline]] for Nassau [[/red underline]] to join there the Yacht [[red underline]] Utowana [[/red underline]] of Allison Armour for explorations in Haiti.
[[underline]] Feb. 7. [[/underline]] Went to Miami to renew my yachting license etc. Further adjustments on [[red underline]] license contract [[/red underline]] being discussed [[red underline]] between George and Whitaker [[/red underline]] on the subject of [[red underline]] Amino plastics. [[/red underline]] Mailed him my comments
[[underline]] Feb 8. [[/underline]] Went to Miami to renew my yacht license, also to Sears Roebuck. Afternoon Hutchinson here. Also to Harrison for photos
[[underline]] Feb 9. [[/underline]] Black' property taxes where $1630 in 1331 and
1330 in 1332
Finished all pending patent renewals for Europe and sent them by Airmail.
[[note in left margin in red]] Grape fruit wine [[/note in left margin in red]]
Drew [[strikethrough]] wine [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] grapefruit 1932 in bottles [[/red underline]] Cloudy day and light rain. Evening went with Celine to see an excellent photoplay - Pagliaci, Music orchestra, singing, acting and stage setting excellent.
[[underline]] Feb 10 [[/underline]] Warm and sunny again
[[underline]] Feb 11 [[/underline]] Busy day finishing my mail.
[[note in left margin in red and underlined]] Yacht Utowana [[/note in left margin]]
Afternoon [[red underline]] Celine [[/red underline]] and myself drove to Munson pier to see Drs. David [[red underline]] Fairchild and Thom. Barbour [[/red underline]] who are going to Nassau to board the Yacht [[red underline]] Utowana of Allison Armour [[/red underline]] for exploration work in [[red underline]] Haiti [[/red underline]]. Coming back stopped to call at Dr. Hoge's. Hutchinson & his wife have taken an option on a house in Coral Gables.
[[red underline]] Wonderful Moon rise. [[/red underline]] Absolutely calm weather and bright skies Celine and myself went to watch
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it all on the bench near our sea-wall. All [[red underline]] inexpressely beautiful. [[/red underline]] Delightful evening.
[[underline]] Feb 12. [[/underline]] (Sunday). [[red underline]] Mrs. Elon Hooker [[/red underline]] her daughter and her husband have arrived at [[red underline]] Mrs. Thrimble. [[/red underline]] Bright beautiful weather while almost all the States are suffering from very cold weather and heavy snowfall not excluding the Southern States and North Florida.
[[underline]] Feb 13. [[/underline]] Most of day writing letters to office and tax matters
[[underline]] Feb 14. [[/underline]] Went out with sail this afternoon
[[underline]] Feb 15. [[/underline]] [[red underline]] Arthur Curtis James with Alvord [[/red underline]] paid my a visit this morning. Had a pleasant general talk gave them some of my grape-fruit wine to drink. [[red underline]] Mrs. James is still [[/red underline]] ill and receives nobody but is much better than last year. Afternoon sailed to Yacht Club
[[underline]] Feb 16. [[/underline]] Had to renew again platen of electric stove.
[[note in left margin in red]] Grant MacCargo [[/note in left margin]]
Afternoon visit of [[red underline]] Harrison then Grant McCargo [[/red underline]] of Pittsburgh arrived here with his wife and sister. Had not seen him [[red underline]] in 15 years. [[/red underline]] Looks well and happy has retired from all business [[strikethrough]] Evening [[/strikethrough]] Wrote to Hays & Holmgren to induce [[red underline]] A. Karpen and Berliss [[/red underline]] to either reduce their debts or give additional colateral
[[underline]] Feb. 17 [[/underline]]
[[note in left margin in red]] Howard [[/noe in left margin]]
[[red underline]] Gelpin [[/red underline]] of Philadelphia and Henry [[red underline]] Howard [[/red underline]] came here with an Englishman Buel who on his island in the Bahamas wants to take up again Sponge culture. Showed him the U.S. Government book on fisheries where former attempts at Sponge culture are described
[[underline]] Feb 18. [[/underline]] Very occupied all day writing. Afternoon went out sailing. Good wind to Key Biscayne Bay Transcription Notes:
Under Feb 7 Could find no ref to a plastics company starting with Arn, Assu etc....
It is Amino Plastics. Not a company but a type of plastic resin used in adhesives.
Allison V. Armour confirmed as owner of Utowana; used by Thomas Barbour
Feb 15 name is actually Arthur Curtiss James; could not find ref to Alvord or Alword etc
verified name of Grant McCargo
