Mrs. Henry Christner lived in Baltic, a village at the junction of three counties in central Ohio.
In 1914, Baltic had a population of about 400 people.
The area today has a significant number of Amish farmers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic,_Ohio
In late December of 1914, Mrs. Christner received a New Year postcard from Clara.
Clara mailed the postcard from Fresno, an unincorporated community in Coshocton County of central Ohio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno,_Ohio
State Road 93 passes through Fresno, about 9 miles south-southwest of Baltic.
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The face of the postcard is bordered by a gilt frame; a drawing in the center depicts a gold clock face surrounded by sprigs of evergreen trees.
The hands of the clock point to 12 – indicating the beginning off a new day and a new year.
Below the clock, ornate letters announce “A Happy New Year”.
At the bottom of the face, another drawing depicts a rutted road passing through a snow-covered town.
There is a publisher’s mark on the reverse, but it is so faint that I have not yet identified it.
The postcard seems to have been printed in the US.
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Although the reverse of this “divided-back” postcard has a place for “Correspondence”, Clara has inscribed only her name.
From these meager clues, it is not possible to determine the nature of the relationship between the correspondents.
We know that Mrs. Christner preserved the postcard in excellent condition throughout her life.
One hopes that Clara and Mrs. Christner had a happy and successful 1915, and that they maintained a postcard exchange for many years.
