Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1917 — Mathematician Wanted. [ARTICLE]

Mathematician Wanted.

"i understand some big lots of potatoes have spoiled,” remarked Mrs. Comtossel. “Yep,” replied Farmer Comtossel *Tm waitin’ fur our boy Josh to come home so’s we can talk it over with him.* “What’ll Josh know about it?” “He has mathematics. I want him to figure out how many peelin’s folks’ll have to save in the kitchen to make up fur the waste of a carload of potatoes.”