Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-28
LIBRARY A MEMORIAL
Mrs. RosenfieId's Gift to Haw-
thorn AS Monument
to Husband.
$500 CHECK TO SECRETARY BRUNER
Engineer Trevillyan Not Recov-
cred From Footpads'
Injuries.

The railroad men at Hawthorn are
to have a splendid library in connec-
ton with the home the Y. nj G. A.
is building there, Mrs. julia Rosen-
field, in behalf of the Roseufield es-
tate. donating $500 for that purpose,
the library to be memorial to her
late husband, Morris RoseDtield. The
raising of q fund TO provide the
library has been claiming the atten-
ton of State Secretary A. nj. Bruner
for some weeks. it being his desire to
have the Hawthorn home equipped
in this respect equally as good as the
homes at Peoria and Decatur, where
libraries were donated by Martin
Kingman and Helen Miller Gould.
The success of the local undertaking
was assured by the receipt of the fol-
lowing letter last night:
Rock Island, Ill, Sept. %, 1901
A. NJ. Bruner, Railroad Secretary Y.
NJ. C. A, City. Dear Sir: The Ros-
enfield estate will be pleased to pro-
vide the $500 needed for the, railroad
Y. M. G. A. library at Hawthorn, the
same to, be a memorial to my deceased
husband, Morris Rosenfield. l will
hand you check for the amount on re-
quest. JULIA E. RoSENFIELD.
Rock Island Dots and Dashes.
Brakeman Flynn, who was recently
sent here, has been transferred back
to Valley junction.
Fireman +. l.. Edward is back from
a trip to Chicago.
Engineer Tom Dunn has gone for a
visit to points in Colorado.
Fireman Mahle is back after visit
ing in Chicago and Peoria.
Engineer Pelham, of the Illinois
division, while laying over here yes
tsrday, received a telegram calling
him to Colorado to the bedside of his
mothe:.
Fireman H. Geisenhagen is once
more shoveling black diamonds after
having devoted a period to the very
agreeable task of getting married.
Fireman e Kofer is on the 1921.
Fireman K. X. Thorpe wears a
smile. It's girl.
Engineer j Clapper is running the
353 between West Liberty and Haw-
thorn.
Engine 1416 is in the shops and En-
gineer +. Means is temporarily on the
1415.
Fireman H. w. Leighton is visiting
with relatives in Des Moines.
Fireman A. b Nelson is in Dunlap
visiting his parents.
Fireman G. w. Reed, who has been
on passenger, is back on freight.
Joe Strohmeyer. who had his foot
crushed at Hawthorn during the week.
is recovering nicely at the Moline
city hospital.
Engineer 5. d. Trevillyan. who was
sand bagged and held up early in the
week, has not recovered from the
blow he received. He suffers great
pain in the head and is compelled to
lie with his head on ice. II he GU CT
drums of both ears were broken and
in the opinion of his physician his
neck would have suffered the same
fate if the blow had caught him an
inch lower.
Among those who have reported
during the week are Engineers j. w.
Cunningham. F. c. Channon and w.
Mosley. Brakemen Battefore and Two
mev and Fireman F. Rain.
Fireman Human and Engineer w.
McElrath are laying off.
Fireman A. p. Engle is off on 20
days hunting trip.
Fireman George Arnold and G. T.
Taylor are off duty.
Engineer Dave Hotchkiss is back
from trip to Chicago.
Burlington Briefs.
Conductor T. b Heffuer has re-
turned after a leave of absence.
Brakeman Tom Castle is visiting at
his home in Erie.
Brakeman Il l.. Dial is in Gales
burg on visit.
Brakeman w. Haney is spending a
few days in Beardstown.
Engineer John Mason is off duty on
account of the illness of mem bers of
The family. Yves Mason is running
,he 1862.
Fred Brunswig, the machinist at
he roundhouse, is laid up with a
bruised foot. hurt during the week |
oy the fall of a heavy wrench.
Fireman j. IL. Davis is spending q !
couple of days in Beardstown.
Brennan E NJ. Elliott is back from |
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