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THE YEAR 1906??
One
hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Click here for some statistics in the Year
1906
:
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The average life expectancy
was
47
years.
Only
14
percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only
8
percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only
8,000
cars
and only
144
miles
of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was
10
mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the
Eiffel
Tower!
The average wage in
was
22
cents per hour.
The average
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
took place at
HOME
.
Ninety percent of all 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
were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3.
Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars.
.
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 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 had at least
one full-time servant or domestic help.
There were about
230
reported murders in the
ENTIRE !
U.S.A.
!
Try to imagine what it may be like in another
100 years.
IT STAGGERS THE MIND, EH
.?
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