posted 01-06-2006 09:08 AM         

The year was 1905...

THE YEAR 1905
This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
The year is 1905.
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!

Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year 1905:

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 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 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 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." (Shocking!)

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.

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 years.

It staggers the mind.

posted 01-06-2006 09:44 AM         

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Originally posted by enduro:
Great memory, Ed. It's good to have an elder statesman in the group who can actually remember things from 100 years ago. lol

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posted 01-06-2006 12:27 PM         

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Originally posted by Dave Mills:
It sucks to get old!

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posted 01-06-2006 01:29 PM         

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Originally posted by Dave Mills:
It sucks to get old!

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posted 01-06-2006 06:31 PM         

With a lifespan of 47 and probably 45 years of working not much need to steal a workers pension.

With 86% smelling the same way it would have been easy to stay away from 14% uppity good smellers.

No phone=No telemarketers+No annoying loud talkers on cell phones.

If you lived in Denver it cost too much to call the inlaws in New York and visa versa.

With 8,000 cars in the U.S. road rage was probably at a minimum.

Now the 10 mph speed limit would have sucked but who does the speed limit anyway?

Moonshine flowed and punk street gangs didn't exist 'cause when you have to work to eat who has the time?

$400 a year would buy a lot of sugar and coffee. Bad tine to be a chicken. You try shootin' eggs outta yer butt for 14 cents a dozen.

An incompetent accountant could still bring in about$1500 a year. Who needs a dentist with a life span of 47?

If women used borax and egg yolks for shampoo what the heck did they use for conditioner.

Poor people that couldn't get into Canada never got caught on a toll road.(some will find that amusing some won't)

Now dying from diarrhea is not the way I would want to go but there was a trip to Mexico where I...well never mind.

Five less states means five less capitals to memorize in grade school.

I don't know how they kept all those casinos going with only thirty people. But what happens in Vegas.......

Hallmark didn't have their hand in my pocket then.

Marijuana was over the counter and beer was sold in buckets.

More people had a maid then had a bath tub.

230 murders a year is just less depressing news to watch on the evening news.

So are we better off now than then? Thank you Ed

posted 01-06-2006 08:34 PM         

I read the title of this thread and thought it was about your birthday.

(lol)

posted 01-06-2006 10:12 PM         

U think U could have censer'd that one part of our dark past

We let AC into our country so that should make up for that dark moment in time EH..