Mrs. H. M. Edwards lived on a Rural Delivery Route outside the historic city of Lancaster in southeast Pennsylvania.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania
In April of 1915, Mrs. Edwards received a postcard from her daughter, Jessie.
Jessie mailed the postcard from Harrisburg, the capital city on the Susquehanna River – bout 40 miles northwest of Lancaster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania
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The face of the postcard is a photograph of the “Detweiller Memorial Monument” in Harrisburg.
Here we see a very tall Ionic column, surmounted with a sphere.
At the base of the column, a bronze bust is flanked by two bronze tablets.
In front of the structure, an elegant statue of an elk stands upon a substantial pediment.
The statuary group was erected in Reservoir Park in 1906 to honor Meade David Detweiler (1863-1904).
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MRJG-G5R/meade-david-detweiler-1863-1904
Detwiler was the youngest District Attorney elected in Dauphin County and poured his energies into numerous civic organizations.
He was the Grand Exalted Ruler (national leader) of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks for two terms, and was instrumental in reviving the local chapter of the Elks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_and_Protective_Order_of_Elks
The memorial no longer stands as it appears in the postcard photograph.
It was moved to downtown Harrisburg in 1966, and then to a new home of the Elks Lodge.
The Elk statue was stored for restoration.
Here is an excerpt from Google:
The Meade D. Detweiler Monument in Harrisburg, PA, is a 1906 memorial in Reservoir Park dedicated to the prominent attorney, civic leader, and national Elks leader who died in 1904. It originally featured a bronze elk statue and a bust of Detweiler, designed to honor his service to the community and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge #12.
Location: Originally placed in Reservoir Park, the bronze elk and bust were later moved to the Elks Lodge at 2201 Woodlawn St in Harrisburg.
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On, the reverse, Jessie greets, “My dear mother” and announces she “arrived safe”.
Jessie adds, “with one day’s work I can’t say I feel tired…”
Imaginatively, Jessie expects “you folks are tearing things around too.”
Mother is encouraged, “Don’t work too hard”.
Jessie sends “Love to all”.
One hopes that Jessie enjoyed her stay or work in Harrisburg, that Mother and the folks at home managed their duties, and that the family members exchanged many postcards in the months to come.





