Saturday's postcard: Mountainhome, Pennsylvania (1909)

Today's postcard, mailed in August 1909, features the sprawling Woodlawn House in Mountainhome, a census-designated place in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. You could fit a lot of John-Boys and Mary Ellens in that house. 

According to the Monroe County Historical Association, the three largest villages in Barrett Township "are Canadensis (named for the scientific name for the hemlock tree, Tsugas canadensis), Cresco (once known as Oakland), and Mountainhome (once known as White’s Tannery)."

Woodlawn House advertised aggressively in the Brooklyn (New York) Eagle in 1913 (and probably in other newspapers). The advertisement read: "WOODLAWN HOUSE, Mountain Home, Pa. High elevation. Acc. 25. Trout fishing; 1 mile from sta. Mrs. M.A. Cooper, Prop."

An earlier advertisement touted Woodlawn's farm eggs and milk. I couldn't find any evidence of Woodlawn House still standing today. If you have information, please leave it in the comments! 

This postcard was mailed in 1909 to Mrs. Paul Clemons at the Clemons Silk Mill in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The short cursive message states:

dear Mrs Clemens

we arrived hear [sic] safe hope you are well as it leaves me at present

with love from 

Mrs Rouch [or Roach]

The silk mill made the national news in 1913. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that on March 25, "a fierce storm that acted every whit like a Western tornado swept over Scranton and vicinity. ... The Clemons Silk Mill, owned by D.G. Derry, of Catasauqua, was unroofed and a 150-foot section of the roof was deposited on the adjacent engine room, partially demolishing the structure. There were 150 girls at work, but outside of bruises and scratches they were uninjured."

This postcard was published by Fred D. Mick of Mountainhome and made in Germany.