Elmer Johnson lived in Monterey, a small town on the Tippecanoe River in northwest Indiana.

The abandoned depot of the Erie Railroad has been preserved there as a memorial to the rail connections that were once available in Monterrey.

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

The name of the town celebrates the bloody victory at Monterrey, Mexico in the Mexican-American War.

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

In June of 1910, Elmer was celebrating a birthday.

For the occasion, Elmer received a deeply-embossed postcard from his Aunt C.

The postcard was not mailed but an inscription on the reverse seems to indicate that the aunt was in Missouri, possibly “Beauvais”.

Beauvais is a populated township on the west bank of the Mississippi River in east-central Missouri. 

It retains characteristics of the French settlers who settled in the Mississippi Valley when the area was part of the French colonial empire.

Beauvais is almost 400 miles southwest of the Monterey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauvais_Township,_Ste._Genevieve_County,_Missouri

Unfortunately, the creases of the embossed design make an inscription very difficult to read.

The identification of the sender and of the location may be mistaken.

The face of the deeply-embossed postcard shows a large purple rose.

Beneath the floral design, the words, “Happy Birthday” are embossed and gilded.

On the reverse, Aunt C. has written a couplet:

“Happy be the hours of this glad day

And Fortune befriend you all through life’s way”

I appreciate the good writing habits of Aunt C. who notes the date and location in the heading.

One hopes that Elmer enjoyed a splendid birthday and that he remained a faithful correspondent of his aunt.