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Did people in 1899 just carry around a glass just in case?
It's attached to the pump. Try not to think about the germs.
there were cholera outbreaks all the time back then.
Not from the cup, from the underlying water supply getting sewage mixed in it.
You're on the money for the time frame though!
l wonder why.