The Peterborough Review, July 23, 1910, applauds the state of Minnesota in its efforts to curb the use of “the old tin cup, the gourd and the cracked water glass” at “free drinking places.” A notice that the state intends to post at public wells and fountains reads: “Warning. Dangerous diseases, such as diphtheria, tuberculosis, […]
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Dead horses, cats, dogs, manure in Toronto’s drinking water
A call to supply York, soon to be Toronto, with clean, safe water is issued by the Canadian Freeman, April 5, 1832. York Bay. It is really astonishing how the magistrates can allow the horrible nuisance which now appears on the face of this Bay. All the filth of the town—dead horses, dogs, cats, manure, […]