[kj] [OT] 1905

[luke]

 "There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.And I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, andsent it to you in a matter of seconds! Try to imagine what it may belike in another 100 years...it staggers the mind."
I'm sure that there were many more murders in 1905 that went unreported, also the population is a lot bigger nowadays , so the amount of murders is likely to incease due to there being more people and as life expectancy was only 47 years there would have been less time to get murdered.
  Between which years were the 20 million or so local Indians wiped out?
If you managed to send an e-mail with-in a matter of seconds today what will you expect to happen in a hundred years?Do you think it may arrive a few hours before you send it?
 --- On Thu 07/28, circuit bender < circuit_bender at yahoo.com > wrote:
From: circuit bender [mailto: circuit_bender at yahoo.com]To: gathering at misera.netDate: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:52:58 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [kj] [OT] 1905

> >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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