This will boggle
your mind, I know it
did mine!
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.