Certificate for Aletha Jacobs certifying that she attended Buchanan County Normal Institute at Independance, Iowa, Aug. 8th - Aug. 13th, 1910. Signed by G. R. Lockwood, the county superintendent. The page has a thick, black, decorative boarder, an illustration of a soldier holding a flag in the center, and was printed by the W. M. Welch Co., Anamosa, IA.
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).