In 1910, a man living in Bedford, Ohio, received an encrypted postcard. Can a reader decipher it?

In 1909, a woman living in Toledo, Ohio, received an encrypted postcard. Can a reader decipher it?

In 1916 an unknown man robbed a ticket counter at the train station of Lima, Ohio. According to a local newspaper he left behind an encrypted message, the purpose of which is unknown. The message has never been deciphered.