Cora Goodenow     ( March 26, 1894 )

Cora Goodenow was the Ottawa County Commissioner of Schools.

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Envelope Front

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Letter: One Page, one side

Paper: Lined paper 8-1/2” wide by 11” high

The letterhead on the paper read as follows:

 

Peter Borst, Zeeland,                                                                   Cora M. Goodenow, Com’r

Seth Coburn, Forest Grove,                                                                             Berlin

Office of

Commissioner of Schools

Ottawa County

Examinations for 1893 and 1894

Fall Series:                                                                               Spring Series:

Grand Haven, Regular, August 3 and 4.                        Holland, Special, March 9.

Zeeland, Special, August 25.                                        Grand Haven, Regular, March 29 and 30

Coopersville, Special, September 29.                            Coopersville, Special, April 27.

 

Berlin, Mich………………….189…….

 

Envelope: 5-1/4” wide by 3-5/8” high, addressed to Miss Lizzie Golden, Dennison, Mich

The front was postmarked Berlin, Mich. Mar 26, 1894

The back was postmarked Dennison, Mich. Mar 27, 1894

The envelope was stamped with a 2-cent stamp

The following was printed on the upper left corner of the envelope

 

After FIVE days Return to

CORA M. GOODENOW

County Com’r of Schools

Berlin                      Mich.

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Berlin, Mich  …3/26…  .189…4..

Miss Lizzie Golden

My dear Friend

 

Send me your Certificate and Institute fee ($ .50) and I will extend it until Aug. and then you can attend a Normal somewhere, perhaps at Holland.  I see Cora M. Goodenow is one of the instructors.  I can position the teachers to have fine opportunities (?)

 

I am glad you had a few spare minutes in which to write me.  I have not a minute to spare not even to write to my relatives.

 

Send me your certificate by the last of this week or the first of next.

 

Your friend,

Cora M. Goodenow

 

You need not close schoolto attend Ex.

 

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“Normal”:  A Normal School was a teacher’s school

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