[AT] Fwd: 100 years ago

[Richard Fink Sr]

Interesting
R Fink


>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 $2,000 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 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 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 had not been invented yet.   There was no Mother's Day or Father's 
>Day.   Two out of every 10 U.S. adults could not 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 the pharmacist said, "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 
>help.   There were about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.   So, to 
>think I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, and 
>posted it to you in a matter of seconds!   Try to imagine what it may be 
>like in another 100 years.
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