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>> YEAR OF 1904
>>
>>This is hard to believe, but true! 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
>>cost fifteen cents a pound.
>>
>>Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg
>>yolks for sham poo. Eeww!
>>
>>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
>>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.
>>
>>One in 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 the
>>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 stole this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it
>>to a dozen people in a matter of seconds! Just think what it will be like
>>in another 100 years. ...
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