TRANSCRIBED FROM THE PRESCOTT DAILY NEWS AUGUST 5, 1918 P. 1
Lima, Ohio, July 24, 1918.
Nevada County News:
You seem like one of the family, and I just can’t get along without you. You will find enclosed in this letter a check for the amount I owe you, and enough to keep you coming for awhile. We are old pals, and I can’t get along without your help.
We are licking hell out of the kaiser now, ain’t we? So send the “News” everywhere that the Yanks are going over and won’t come back until it’s all over, over there.
I am doing what I can to win the war. Buying Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps, helping the Y.M.C.A., Red Cross, and am in fact giving until it hurts. That is my duty.
I helped build the first Liberty Class B military war truck; drove it to Washington, and saw it approved by Mr. Wilson, Mr. Baker, Mr. Edison, and a number of men who know what they are about.
Sixteen factories are building these trucks now. I am chief tester in one factory, which has orders for 2,000 trucks, and am sure that none leave our place until I know they are kaiser-killers.
Guess I had better ring off; because to think of Prescott brings back to memory the many good friends I have there, and Elberta peaches, watermelons, cantaloupes, and so many good things that God has blessed that country with.
Your Friend,
Scott Bedwell.
636 East Elm Street.
NOTES: Robert Scott Bedwell was born on October 31, 1880 in Cumberland City, Tennessee. He died on March 25, 1926 in Inglewood, California. He is buried in the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood. Bedwell was working in one of the many war industries factories.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
Lima, Ohio, July 24, 1918.
Nevada County News:
You seem like one of the family, and I just can’t get along without you. You will find enclosed in this letter a check for the amount I owe you, and enough to keep you coming for awhile. We are old pals, and I can’t get along without your help.
We are licking hell out of the kaiser now, ain’t we? So send the “News” everywhere that the Yanks are going over and won’t come back until it’s all over, over there.
I am doing what I can to win the war. Buying Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps, helping the Y.M.C.A., Red Cross, and am in fact giving until it hurts. That is my duty.
I helped build the first Liberty Class B military war truck; drove it to Washington, and saw it approved by Mr. Wilson, Mr. Baker, Mr. Edison, and a number of men who know what they are about.
Sixteen factories are building these trucks now. I am chief tester in one factory, which has orders for 2,000 trucks, and am sure that none leave our place until I know they are kaiser-killers.
Guess I had better ring off; because to think of Prescott brings back to memory the many good friends I have there, and Elberta peaches, watermelons, cantaloupes, and so many good things that God has blessed that country with.
Your Friend,
Scott Bedwell.
636 East Elm Street.
NOTES: Robert Scott Bedwell was born on October 31, 1880 in Cumberland City, Tennessee. He died on March 25, 1926 in Inglewood, California. He is buried in the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood. Bedwell was working in one of the many war industries factories.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON