From She, The Woman-Man by Aleta B. Baker and illustrated by Gibbs Mason, 1935. At Archive dot org.

"Water is always clean and pure, like the life within us."  From Wee Wisdom, 1923.

Here's today's distasteful reference to "the food tube."  From The Game of Healthy Living by Winslow & Hahn, 1934.

Like Madge, we, too, still mistrust water.  From Purple Parrot, 1939.

From Health Stories Book Two by Towse, Matthews & Gray, 1934.

From My Do and Learn Book To Accompany The Little White House by Ousley & Russell, 1948.  Related: The Minimalist Coloring Book.

"Wetter water."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1947.

"Too wet for play.  Please cooperate."  From Ohio University's 1962 yearbook.

From My Do and Learn Book To Accompany The Little White House by Ousley & Russell, 1948. 

"Water is her formula for living."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1961.

From What Water Does At a Time Like This by Joseph Green. 

This is why we're cautious around drinking fountains.  From St. Nicholas, 1898.

"Living water."  From Lighted Pathway, 1970.

Guess each form of water in this rhyme:

Water hole [1]

Water pole [2]

Water roll [3]

Water stroll [4]

Water knoll [5]

Water goal [6]

Water mole [7]

Answers:

1. tidepool

2. geyser

3. whirlpool

4. brook

5. wave

6. oasis

7. platypus

We actually don't mind diluted water, having developed a taste for it on skid row.  From Elizabethtown's 1971 yearbook.

Pure water a poison?  From The Literary Digest, 1899.

You knew that "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride," but did you know that "If molecules were water, earth would be flooded"?  From Popular Mechanics, 1933.