1904

[poppygene]

Interesting facts.The year is 1904, one hundred and one years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some of the US statistics for 1904:

The average life expectancy in the US was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the US 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 US, 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 US was 22 cents an hour.
The average US 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 US took place at home.
Ninety percent of all US 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.


The five leading causes of death in the US 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 30.
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
There was neither Mother's Day nor Father's Day.
rx, rx, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores.
According to one pharmacist, "rx clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." (:shock:!)
There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire US during the calendar year.

(Canada also passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.)

[oldnslo]

Perhaps we should re-examine some of those things for application today.

[BuzZz]

......(Canada also passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.)

Our politicians have a good idea once a century, then repeal it. But we're stuck with the gun registry....... Oy Vay!!!