"Uniform County Teachers Certificate" for Aletha G. Jacobs to teach first grade in any Iowa school, valid for three years. It was signed by A. M. Deyoe, the president of the Educational Board of Examiners in Des Moines, Iowa, 1910. The application was from Black Hawk County, but Buchanan County is also listed here with the date 7/1/1913. It also lists examination results. The page has a thick, black, decorative boarder and an illustration of a soldier with a town behind him in the center.
Aletha Hutchison Jacobs, born in Buchannan County, Iowa, was a teacher for rural schools in Benton County (1900-1902), Buchanan County (1902-1910), Black Hawk County (1912-1916), Grundy County (1916-1920), Wright County (1920-1921), and Webster County (1922). In 1922 she moved to Pennsylvania with her husband, Elmer. There she taught at Hummelstown High School in Dauphin County (1922-1924) and Reamstown School in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County (1926-1960).