Mr. George Bradshaw lived in Ulrichsville, a small city in Tuscarawas County of east-central Ohio – adjacent to the city of Dennison.

Taking its name from the operator of a local mill, the community grew through connection to the Ohio and Erie Canal and (later) from the Pan Handle Railroad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhrichsville,_Ohio

In October of 1910, George received a postcard from Bessie Reed.

Bessie mailed the postcard from Terre Haute, the city (founded by French traders) on the Wabash River in west-central Indiana.

The high plain from which the city takes its name was once contested by the British as it lay between the French dominions in Canada and Louisiana.

Today, the city is home to several centers of higher education.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terre_Haute,_Indiana

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The face of the postcard is an illustration of the Rose Polytechnic Institute – a private University founded by a local consortium of investors led by Chauncy Rose in 1874.

First called the “Terre Haute School of Industrial Science”, the purpose was to train and develop engineers for the expansion of the railroads.

The Institute offered the nation’s first degree in chemical engineering, and printed the first text on graphic presentation of data.

Although it partnered with a woman’s college in Wisconsin, the Institute did not become co-educational until 1991.

Today, the institution is named the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and offers more than thirty graduate and undergraduate degrees in science, technology, and engineering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose%E2%80%93Hulman_Institute_of_Technology

The postcard was “Made in Germany” and published by Bundy of Terre Haute.

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On the reverse, Bessie acknowledges receipt of a postcard from George.

It may have been a Halloween postcard, or contained some disturbing news, as Bessie reports, “(I) did not get scared”.

In other news, Bessie shares that “Roy is alright” and she expresses a hope that George “had a fine time at Columbus”.

Soon, “we are going to have a masquerade party here” and Bessie wishes George could be present for the fun.

Bessie closes her message with a “Yours truely (sic)”.

One hopes that George appreciated the postcard greeting, that the Masquerade Party was a big success, and that Bessie and George maintained their friendly postcard correspondence.