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The Year is 1911
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This will
boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1911 - One
hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are
some statistics for the Year 1911:
The average
life expectancy for men was 47
years.
Fuel for this
car was sold in drug stores only.
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
Eiffel Tower!
The
average US wage in 1910 was 22
cents per hour. The average US 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.
Canada
passed a law that prohibited
poor people from entering into their country for any reason.
The
Five leading causes of death were.
1. Pneumonia
and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
...and penicillin
wouldn’t be available for another 35 years.
The American
flag had 45 stars.
The population
of Las Vegas , Nevada was only
30.
Crossword
puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea
hadn’t been invented yet.
There was
neither a Mother’s Day nor a Father’s
Day.
Two out of
every 10 adults couldn’t read or
write and 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?)
Eighteen
percent of households had at least one
full-time servant or
domestic help.
There were
about 230 reported murders in the
ENTIRE U.S.A.!
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100
years.IT BOGGLES THE MIND!
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Author unknown -- facts unsubstantiated
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