100 years ago

100 Years
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>> THE YEAR 1904
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>> Maybe this will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
>>
>> The year is 1904, one hundred years ago. What a difference
>> a century makes!
>>
>> Here are some of the U.S. statistics for 1904:
>>
>> 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 residents, 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 an 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. 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 U.S. were:
>>
>> 1. Pneumonia and influenza
>>
>> 2. Tuberculosis
>>
>> 3. Diarrhea
>>
>> 4. Heart disease
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>> 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 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.
>>
>> Only 6 percent 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 U.S had at
>> least one full-time servant or domestic.
>>
>> There were only about 230 reported murders in the
>> entire U.S.
>>
>>
>> And I forwarded this from someone else without
>> typing it myself, and sent it to you in a matter of
>> seconds!
>> Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 ears ....
>> it staggers the mind.
>>