[kj] [OT] 1905

[circuit bender]

> >Subject: 1905....

> >

> >Thought you would find this of interest! 230 murders in a year, it is

> >that in a month now, sad!!!!

> >

> >Subject: 1905

> >

> >Those were the days. Ha!!

> >

> >THE YEAR 1905

> >

> >Maybe 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 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 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 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 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.

> >

> >Two of 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 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 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.


		
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