And here is another of the obliging kind:
Teacher: Please excuse Henny for not comeing in school as he died from the car run-over on Tuesday. By doing so you will greatly oblige his loving mother.
Here is one sent to the Brownsville school:
Dear Miss Baker: Please excuse Rachael for being away those two days her grandmother died to oblige her mother.
Mrs. Renski.
The child mentioned in the following note was neither German nor Irish. But he is back in school after a battle with the doctors:
Miss ——: Frank could not come these three weeks because he had the amonia and information of the vowels.
Mrs. Smith.
The notes sent are sometimes written on scented paper, and as a rule these are misspelled. Here is a scented-paper sample:
Teacher: You must excuse my girl for not coming to school, she was sick and lade in a common dose state for tree days.