Mrs. David Streeter lived in Cato, a town in north-central New York State -northwest of Syracuse.

(Readers of these postcard stories will know that I appreciate all the classical place names in New York State.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_(town),_New_York

In June of 1909, Mrs. Streeter received a postcard from her sister.

The face of the postcard bears an inspirational motto related to being “Busy”

The verse declares that one should “Yes, get busy”, but “not so busy that “you’re nothing but a galley slave”.

One is admonished to “Take …some time …to be a friend”.

The postcard was published by the Sandford Card Company of Dansville, NY.

The Sanford Card Company was founded in 1907 by Mary Elizabeth Sandford of Dansville,

The company is unusual in having been created and managed by a woman and to be held by members of one family.

The company’s records are held by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.

https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.1252

On the reverse of the postcard, the sister (Ell?) shares a lot of news.

The sister mailed the postcard from Rochester, one of the first “boom towns” in US history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York

Sister reports her visit to the village of Warsaw – about 37 miles to the southwest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw,_New_York

On her trip, the sister learned that Ethel “did fine” and that all are well.

(It is possible that Ethel had a baby.)

The sister has moved to a new place which is “fine”; Mrs. Streeter is invited to come and visit.

A visit “would do you good” even “if only for a couple weeks”.

In other news, Ora is coming to visit, and Kit is returning from Warsaw.

Many other postcard messages indicate that the postcard was the only one available or accessible – so we cannot know if the message of this postcard was selected especially for Mrs. Streeter.

One hopes that all the members of the extended family in Rochester, Warsaw, and Cato, enjoyed the summer of 1909.