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Wrote a letter to Dr. Remauchamps Junior.
[[strikethrough]] August [[/strikethrough]]  At the Fair also met Professor & Mrs. Mc.Kee.  Took them to the Belgian Exhibit
[[underlined]] August 2. [[/underlined]]  Went to office prepared to have contract with Union Carbide signed.  But George tells me it will have to be postponed to [[strikethrough]] Au [[/strikethrough]] August 4. - Main-time our men very busy with accountants and lawyers.  Very hot weather
[[underlined]] August 3. [[/underlined]]  Wrote letter to Esselen also to Belgian student, who is now in Boston.  Very hot.
Went to see a moving picture in Color called: "Four white Feathers" showing in a most striking ways the drama of the British troups against the African Dervishes. - Very impressive.
[[underlined]] Aug 4. [[/underlined]]  Agreement was to be signed today.  But on arrival at office, George very disappointed tells me that accountants and lawyers of U.C. are not yet ready with the full details and rise new questions which have to be settled and may take to the end of the year.
Tried clarification of my wine
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using powdered egg albumen instead of fish-glue, on some of the cloudy vintages, in comparison [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]].
[[underlined]] August 5. [[/underlined]]  This is a clear day, not to hot, [[strikethrough]] so went to [[strikethrough]] except at the Worlds Fair, with its lack of shade and ventilation interfered by all these tall buildings.  Price of entrance is reduced to fifty cents instead of 75 cents and attracts many more visitors.
Bakelite exhibit draws considerable number of visitors, altho' nothing comparable to the crowds of the larger exhibits of General Electric, Dupont, Telephone, Westinghouse, Ford, General Motors etc.
Our exhibit includes an ever talking radio which explains very well, the uses of Bakelite.  Back to Yonkers about 5 P.M
[[left margin]] Visit of [[space]] and my talk against air-conditioning Club instead of using rubber fans. [[/left margin]]
[[strikethrough]] Aug 6 - Sunday:  This afternoon [[/strikethrough]]
Leak on slate roof above entrance of Snug Rock has been repaired since yesterday.
[[underlined]] August 6. [[/underlined]] (Sunday)  All day writing or reading old notes and reading letters and love letters from fifty years ago. - Celine still in camp.

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