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 of the US statistics for the Year
1906:
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 people, 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 per hour.
The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per
year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn
$2,000 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 doctors had no college
education.
Instead, they attended so-called 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 that prohibited poor people from entering
into their country for any reason.
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 only
30 !!!
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 US 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 pharmacist 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!)
Eighteen percent of households in the US had at
least one full-time servant or domestic help.
There were about
230
reported murders in the entire US
SO, to think 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's Staggering....
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2006
