Mrs. T. B. Singrey lived in Lancaster, a charming city of south-central Ohio.

Older than the state of Ohio, the city on the Hocking River was settled by German immigrants from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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

In September of 1907, Mrs. Singrey received a postcard from her nephew, Ed.

Ed mailed the postcard from Delaware, a city on the Olentangy River in central Ohio.

Delaware and Lancaster are more than sixty miles apart (Delaware to the north, Lancaster to the southeast) – both cities are now part of the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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

The face of the postcard is a lovely scene on the Olentangy River near Columbus, Ohio.

The Olentangy River, parts of which are designated a scenic waterway, flows into the Scioto River south of Columbus.  In 2012, the City of Columbus began removing some old low-level dams on the waterway through the city.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olentangy_River

Published by the American News Company in New York, the postcard was printed in one of the firm’s branches in Berlin, Leipzig, or Dresden.

On the reverse, Ed’s message is comprised of plans for an imminent visit.

Ed reports, “I will leave Delaware on that early Hocking Valley train”.

This is “the quickest way I guess for me to get down there”.

Ed tells his aunt to “look for us”, and then concludes the message with a reference to an earlier postcard.

Ed writes, “I hope that this card is not as ugly as the one that you sent me.”

This comment may not be a complaint -I have seen several postcard exchanges where the correspondents seemed to delight in finding ugly cards.

It seems that Mrs. Singrey enjoyed the postcard as it was saved in decent condition throughout her life.

One hopes that Ed was able to complete his visit as planned, and that the aunt and nephew enjoyed a friendly correspondence for many years.