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ONE HUNDRED YEARS....
The year is 1904 ... one hundred years ago.
Here are some of the US statistics for 1904:
The average life expectancy in the US was 47 years.
Only 14% of the homes in the US had a bathtub.
Only 8%of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost
$11.00
There were only 8,000 cars in the US, and only 144
miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.'
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each
more heavily populated than California.
With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only
the 21st most populous state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel
Tower.
The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per
year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per
year.
A dentist $2,500 per year.
A veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year.
A mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the US took
place at home.
Ninety % of all US physicians had no college
education. Instead, they attended medical schools,
many of which were condemned in the press
and by the government as "substandard."
Sugar cost four cents a pound.Eggs were fourteen cents
a dozen. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and
used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from
entering the country for any reason.
The five leading causes of death in the US were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the
Union yet.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't
been invented.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two of 10 US adults couldn't read or write.
Only 6 % of all Americans had graduated high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available
over the counter at corner drugstores. According to
one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the
complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the
stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect
guardian of health."
Eighteen percent of households in the US had at least
one full-time servant or domestic.
There were only about 230 reported murders in the
entire US.
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100
years ... it staggers the mind.
The year is 1904 ... one hundred years ago.
Here are some of the US statistics for 1904:
The average life expectancy in the US was 47 years.
Only 14% of the homes in the US had a bathtub.
Only 8%of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost
$11.00
There were only 8,000 cars in the US, and only 144
miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.'
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each
more heavily populated than California.
With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only
the 21st most populous state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel
Tower.
The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per
year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per
year.
A dentist $2,500 per year.
A veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year.
A mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the US took
place at home.
Ninety % of all US physicians had no college
education. Instead, they attended medical schools,
many of which were condemned in the press
and by the government as "substandard."
Sugar cost four cents a pound.Eggs were fourteen cents
a dozen. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and
used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from
entering the country for any reason.
The five leading causes of death in the US were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the
Union yet.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't
been invented.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two of 10 US adults couldn't read or write.
Only 6 % of all Americans had graduated high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available
over the counter at corner drugstores. According to
one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the
complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the
stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect
guardian of health."
Eighteen percent of households in the US had at least
one full-time servant or domestic.
There were only about 230 reported murders in the
entire US.
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100
years ... it staggers the mind.
