"Uniform County Teachers Certificate" for Aletha G. Jacobs to teach the first grade, valid for life in the state of Iowa. It lists the examination results near the bottom. The application was from Black Hawk County and signed by A. M. Deyoe, the president of the Educational Board of Examiners in Des Moines, Iowa, July 1, 1913. The page has a thick, black, decorative boarder and an illustration of a soldier with a town behind him in the center. The back lists the specific counties, dates, and county superintendents for which Aletha taught: Black Hawk County, 8/23/1913 - 7/1/1916 under superintendents Margaret C. Myers and H. C. Moeller, Grundy County, 9/2/16-7/1/1918 under superintendent D. R. Earl, Butler County 9/4/1918-7/1/1918 under superintendent E. B. Rodgers, Grundy County, 9/10/1918-7/1/1920 under superintendent D. R. Earl, and Wright County, 9/21/1920-10/8/1921 under superintendent Blanche Bock.
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).