OT: The year 1906...100 years ago
- From: "clearasquartz" <nosmoking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:42:59 -0400
---> How times have changed!!!!!!
Show this to your children
and grandchildren
THE YEAR 1906
This will boggle your mind!
The year is 1906.
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year
1906:
************************************
The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47
years.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a
bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City
cost eleven dollars.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., 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 people, California was only
the 21st
most populous state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel
Tower!
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour.
The average U.S. 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, and a mechanical
engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took
place at HOME.
Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had NO COLLEGE
EDUCATION!
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools,
many of which were condemned in the press AND 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 that prohibited poor people
from entering into their country for any reason.
Five leading causes of death in the U.S. 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 only 30!!!!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea
hadn't been invented yet.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or
write.
Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from
high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available
over the counter at the local corner drugstores.
Back then pharmacists said,
"Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to
the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is,
in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
( Shocking? DUH! )
Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at
least
one full-time servant or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE
U.S.A. !
Now I forwarded this from someone else without
typing it myself, and sent it to you and others all
over the United States, possibly the world, in a
matter of seconds!
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100
years.
IT STAGGERS THE MIND, EH....!??
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