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[[preprinted]] Wednesday, January 20, 1909 [[/preprinted]]

I got up at one o'clock this morning, and was in the office at two. Am I crazy? shirtenly not, -I do it every day. You may think its some damphool "physical torture" notion, but its only mahommedam time, from six to six, which is kept here. It sounds mighty funny to make a date for four o'clock in the morning, when one really means ten. 

And when I think I've not gone to bed once, in the past six weeks, before three o'clock, I wonder those Broadway hours haven't killed me!

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[[preprinted]] Thursday, January 21, 1909 [[/preprinted]]

Did you hear that one about the Jew who had the fire insurance agent call on him to make him put in hand grinades or raise the premium? Ikey's friend Cohen happened in a few days later, and asks, "Ikey, tell me vat for vas dem dings by der vall?" "Won'd you know?" says Ikey, "by, those vas hant grenerdears". "Vat are dey for?""To put der fire out." "Put der fire out? Are you crazy, Levinsky? Vat's in 'em?"

"Oi, oi, I don'd know vat [[underlined]] vas [[/underlined]] in 'em, but dere's kerosene in [[underlined]]'em [[/underlined]] now!"