Simpler Times 100 years ago
 

Simpler Times

The year is 1902, one hundred years ago ...
What a difference a century makes. Here are
the US statistics for 1902.
1. The average life expectancy in the US was
forty-seven (47).
2. Only 14 Percent of the homes in the US had a bathtub.
3. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York
City cost eleven dollars.
4. There were only 8,000 cars in the US and
only 144 miles of paved roads.
5. The maximum speed limit in most cities was
10 mph.
6. 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.
7. The tallest structure in the world was the
Eiffel Tower.
8. The average wage in the US was 22 cents an
hour.
9. The average US worker made between $200 and
$400 per year.
10. 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.
11. More than 95 percent of all births in the US took
place at home.
12. 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."
13. Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were
fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee cost fifteen
cents a pound.
14. Most women only washed their hair once a
month and they used borax or egg yolks for
shampoo.
15. Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people
from entering the country for any reason.
16. The five leading causes of death in the US were:
A. Pneumonia and influenza
B. Tuberculosis
C. Diarrhea
D. Heart disease
E. Stroke
17. The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona,
Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't
been admitted to the Union yet.
18. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was 60.
19. Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced
tea hadn't been invented.
20. There were no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
21. One in ten US adults couldn't read or
write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had
graduated from high school.
22. 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."
23. Eighteen percent of households in the US
had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
24. There were only about 230 reported murders
in the entire US!

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ALLEGIANCE WAS CONSTITUTIONAL ...

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