?? THE YEAR 1906??
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 statistics for 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
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.
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
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 !
Now I
forwarded this from someone else without typing
it myself,
and sent it to you and others all over the
possibly the world, in a matter of
seconds!
Try to imagine what it may be like in
another 100 years.
IT STAGGERS THE MIND,
EH
..?