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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Scootter on September 30, 2003, 02:20:56 PM
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ONE CENTURY AGO-----THE YEAR OF 1903 SOME STATISTICS FROM "THE GOOD OLE
DAYS"
This ought to boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1903 ..
one hundred years ago ... what a difference a century makes!
Here are some of the US statistics for 1903:
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 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 US was 22 cents an 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 in the US took place at home.
Ninety percent of all US 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
cost 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 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 30.
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
One in ten US 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 the
bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
18 percent of households in the US had at least one full-time servant or
domestic.
There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire US
Just think what it will be like in another 100 years....... It boggles
the mind...
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There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire US
Thats 1/4th the population of the US right there!
:lol
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I frequently read turn of the century newspapers while doing family tree research. I always find it amazing how many people were killed on the railroads back then (both workers and pedestrians).
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things haven't changed THAT much.
All people but 2 still live on Earth. Wake me up when that changes.
*yawn*