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shot now. and really the right opportunity to vindicate myself from their repeated
insinuations.
Lewis reported yesterday about accident to front [[?]] of my motor car while I was
away.
Learned also about the great trouble [[underlined]] May [[/underlined]]had with leaky barrels of Cresol which flooded his place and caused him much inconvenience and anxiety.
[[margin]] nothing but bad news [[/marginal]]
[[underlined]]  Since I am back I have heard about nothing but troubles. Not a single piece of good news.[[/underlined]] --We have to take it as it comes but sometimes it is
discouraging to find all efforts end wrong. Lewis & George fetched motor car from painter. On arriving here find Brady has insufficiently secured shaft sleeve to differential box
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and everything has torn loose and new [[pinion?]] badly damaged. More trouble and car out of service. Afternoon Swan came here to confer about business situation of [[underlined]] Protal Co. [[/underlined]] they have some small orders and several large orders in sight. Complains about interference of laboratory department and unbusinesslike tendencies of [[underlined]] Wiechman [[/underlined]] which handicap his work. Mentioned also that [[underlined]] Thurlow [[/underlined]] is not much liked by anybody there and would be desirable if he did not come anymore. Says [[underlined]] Thurlow [[/underlined]] seems to take [[underlined]] great fun in talking and admonishing and sits in [[/underlined]] office and talks big and [[criticizes?]] [[underlined]] but they cannot get him to do anything with his hands. "I think he is lazy" says Swan and I heartily agree with him. I can never make him do here what I want. [[/underlined]]
[[vertical entry in margin]] Thurlow lazy [[/marginal entry]]
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