Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Here is how things were 100 years ago!

 The Car folks could actually afford
1910 Ford Model  R
 
 
 
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THE YEAR IS  1910
Here  are some statistics for the Year  1910:
 
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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
   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 no  Mother's Day or 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'
   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. !
 

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