Greetings from Holgate, O.

Wishing you a glorious fourth of July. Yours. (notes inside the tiny envelope on the front)Happy Days for you - Love and Kind Wishes From A.U.O. Not sure who this is from - could it be great granny Oster once again? Although it's postmarked from Holgate, not Custar. Dated July 1, 1907.

Best Birthday Wishes

This card has no signature, but it's postmarked from Custar, so my guess is that it's from Anna - her sister, my great grandmother.

Happy Christmas

From Mary Postmarked from Elyria December 24, 1906 at 6:30 AM.

Puzzle Post Card

This postmarked from St Louis, MO, October 29, 1907. No signature. This is what i know of as a "wiggle picture," except that the image is reversed on top of itself instead of showing movement.

The Milburn Residence, Buffalo, N.Y.

Dear Katie, I just got back from Buffalo. Had Gailen there. Have to take him back in 10 days. They say they can cure him. They all say that. I don't get much chance to write. Write and let me know how you are. I was in Buffalo two days and nights. Mike's father went with me. Try an come out here this summer. Hattie. Hattie must have a child that is ill. It seems as though she is weary of doctors' promises. She sounds like she needs a friend. The subtitle on this card reads, "Where President McKinley died. September 14, 1901. (x) Shows location of Room in which he Died." I could not locate the "x". That must be McKinley in the oval inset.

Flowers

We are here talking to --- We are going to Detroit Sunday tell Mrs. B. Julia. This is postmarked from Weston. Who are they talking to? Why was the name intentionally left off of the card?

Faith

Dear Katie, We moved to N.Y. We got here today. ??? stood big trip good. Will hear from me again. Mrs. Mike Kane, Wellsville, N.Y. This is postmarked from Wellsville, obviously, but I can't make out the year. This card is stunning - there are gold accents and it is embossed.

College and Campus, Findlay, O.

dear Friend Katie I will send you an Postal of the City as I am in Findlay today and if ma Could only see me now I am Fat Ragged and Saucy. There is no signature here, and it is not stamped or postmarked, so I'm not sure how it came to Katie. I looked up this term, and it means "In good health and spirits". While googling this phrase, I came across a fascinating resource: The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Echo Temple in Stockholm

From Mrs L A Phillis. This is postmarked from Sistersville, West Virginia. The date is October 25, but the year is impossible to read. Wikipedia says, "Echo Temple was built in 1790 as a summer dining room for Gustav III who loved to eat outdoors." Katie certainly has a wide circle of acquaintances, didn't she? Sistersville is a city in Tyler County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. The Sistersville Ferry crosses the Ohio River to the unincorporated community of Fly in Monroe County, Ohio.

I've seen all the big bugs of this place

I'm not sure what to make of this image. It's printed on a piece of fabric, then mounted on a postcard. I like that one industrious little bug is using a ladder. It was sent from Elyria on March 2, 1907. There is no signature. The printing on the postcard says, "Copyrighted 1906 by Fabric Art Co. NY.