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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1902)
THE COURIER DIVORCE HANGS OVER ACTOR FAVERSHAM NJw"" l "V SSnts -yVZLUAM ZAUERSHAM. William Faversham. the famous actor and matinee girl's Idol, and his beautiful wife, who has, in the past, been greatly identified with his success, are to be separated If the divorce suit brought by Mrs. Faversham Is decided in her favor. News of domestic infelicity in the house of Faversham comes like a thunderbolt to the whole theatrical world where the actor and his beautiful wife have always been regarded as a model of con jugal bliss, seldom equalled in theatredom. Mrs. Faversham's suit against her husband for absolute divorce is shrouded in much mystery. The testimony is to be taken before a referee so that the public may never know the real facts of the case. i Gregory The Coal Man. a- Mrs. Lewis Marshall entertained Les Bohemlennes on Wednesday. . Mrs. S. S. Whiting entertained the Battenburg club yesterday. Doctor and Mrs. M. H. Everett gave si small'dinner last evening. Mrs. E. H. Wilkinson is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. C. H. Roman. -- Mrs. Carl Carpender of Denver is the guest of Mrs. McGoogan. 1020 K street. Miss Welch has been in Omaha for a week with her sister. Mrs. Ray Welch. Mrs. Hays B. Tomson has been en tertaining her sister, Mrs. George L. Kemper of Chicago. Mrs. F. A. Maxwell of Larrlmore, N. D., is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. McGrew. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bielefeldt and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Piatt entertained the Four-fours Tuesday evening. C Mr. and Mrs. B. A. George and Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Ganoung entertained the Ellerslle club Thursday evening. Mrs. J. E. Orcutt Is entertaining her cousins. Miss Catie M. Birdsall and Mr. George Chaddock of Rockford, 111. Mrs. Charles Hammond went to Te cumseh on Monday to visit her sister, Mrs. Davies, who is the wife of the pastor of the Presbyterian church there. Mr. and Mrs. I A. Boynton enter tained the Xoname club Tuesday even ing. Doctor and Mrs. Henry A. Shan non were guests. A luncheon was served. Mrs. E. P. Savage went to Omaha on Wednesday for a brief visit, ac companying her friend, Mrs. Ellison, of Iowa, that far on her homeward journey. The marriage of Miss Anna F. Em body, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Embody, to Mr. William Kulla will be celebjted Wednesday, March'nlneteenth.jhBBJlDme, Wftifn1lv ti Miss Luella Myers of Smith Center, Kansas, and Mr. W. Burgess of Lin coln were married on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess will reside in Lin coln. Mrs. Alexander Wilson went to Den ver the first of the week to attend a luncheon given in her honor on Wed nesday by Mrs. A. C. Cass. Mrs. Wil on returned today. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Elrod were sur prised Saturday evening by friends to celebrate the third anniversary of their niariiage. Card playing was the chief amusement of the evening. An oyster supper was served. At The marriage of Miss Christine Schilling to Mr. Jacob Vogt was cele brated Wednesday at noon, at Grace Lutheran church. Reverend L. P. L-udden officiated. The bride wore a gown of white Persian lawn and car ried white roses. A small number of friends witnessed the ceremony. Vlzsaitma High and low, rich and poor quaff water from the salt well on govern ment square to ensure health or allevi ate pain. At all seasons of the year not a day passes without gallons and gallons of the fluid that gurgles out of the dull gray stone fountain, go into homes innumerable to fulfill countless uses. A great many people are habitual users of the "mineral water," as they term it. Morning and evening they come to get a drink. Throughout the year they continue never missing a day when they are in the city. As a usual thing these people drink from the palms of their hands, although a few condescend to use a battered tin cup generally found at the well. "Water from the salt well cured me of the pill habit." said one of the con stant users. "I find that It Is a gentle laxative containing epsom salts and other mineral properties. It Is my only medicine and I am a crank con cerning the efficacy of its medicinal virtues. "Last summer I was absent from the city and returned feeling abominably bum. Previous to my arrival a doctor hinted typhoid fever. I began my old habit of drinking salt water, taking double doses to make up for lost time and soon felt all right again. I be lieve that my timely arrival within reach of the artesian well saved me from a serious spell of sickness." For catarrh and colds In the head the salt water is a very popular reme dy. The sufferers sometimes congre gate about the well and use the water by snufling It Into the nostrils. Some times they come with jugs and bottles to take the fluid home. In the latter case it is generally diluted when used, as the minerals are a trille strong for the membranes of the nose when un diluted. Some of the doctors endorse the water for catarrh. It has a stimulat ing effect on the membranes and al lays the suffering caused by the dis ease. Honored and respected citizens liv ing in all the wards of the city rely on the stream constantly pouring out of the well to slay all scalp microbes and remove dandruff. With it they shampoo and beat the barbers out of many an easily earned quarter and to the innocent salt well back of the post office may be charged many unmade sales for various dandruff cures. Three times a week at a certain hour a little girl makes her way to the well carrying a half gallon jug. She cannot reach the rim of the foun tain, so she has to wait for a passer by who will hold the jug under one of the spouts and fill it. Very politely she thanks the accommodating one and starts blithely away. She takes the water to an Invalid who has used It as a medicine for many months. Nearly every day some local humor ist has the privilege of leading out-of-town friends to the well and giving them a drink. Unwarily the unsus pecting one takes in a goodly mouthful only to eject it again rather ungrace fully. The cute friend starts to laugh ing while the countenance of the vic tim is blanketed with that "what in the world is the matter with that water" expression. If the joker Is also addicted to the Ananias habit a long discourse on the difficulty of get ting used to Lincoln city water fol lows. As a result the face of the vic tim grows visibly longer and If there are any temperance resolutions stowed away In the confines of the brain, they are momentarily In grave danger In 18"o the salt well was sunk on government square. The village au thorities wanted a generous How of fresh water thereabout ami Ji.000 was act uMdc for the purpose of securing It. .Of course In those, days the water rate question was not heralded every morning In the dally press to Interest and perhaps vex the Inhabitants. When a man wanted a drink he In vaded Salt Creek with a gourd or trespassed on one of the extremely few private wells. A contractor named Eaton did the work. At a depth of 160 feet the water was good and salty. It flowed In a perpetual stream 560 feel below the surface. At a depth of 1.060 feet taken to the state university museuni where they may be seen by the unbe lieving at any time. Sundays and legal holidays excepted. The salt well Is the one Lincoln Im provement that bids fair to flow on forever. Old residents, shifted by III fortune to other cities. Insist on hav ing salt water and many a bottle and jug the express companies have trans ported. The expense of sinking the, welt has been doubtless repaid a hun dred fold by the salty comfort de rived therefrom by all conditions of men. the Franklin Ice Cream and Dairy Co. Manufacturer of the finest quality of Plain and Fancy ICE CREAM. ICES. FROZEN PUDDINGS, FRAPPE. and SHERBETS. Prompt delivery and satisfaction guaranteed. 133 South J2th Strut. Phoac 205. F6R i fur eeATs FtiR GAPES FUR eeULARETTES FURS Of ALL KINDS GOTO O. STEELE ..Furrier.. 143 SO. TWELFTH STREET LINCOLN. NEB. 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