What that scribbled message on the front of this postcard is all about will have to be left to speculation in the comments. The card was mailed 110 years ago — May 4, 1909.

The caption on the back reads:

The high school, established in 1872, is a magnificent brown stone building, covering an entire block, and, including grounds and equipments, is valued at $545,000. It has a staff of about 22 teachers, and there are about 650 students in attendance.