Thread: The year is 1904

The Year is 1904
> Maybe this will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is
> 1904 ... one hundred years ago. What a difference a
> century makes! Here are some of the US statistics for 1904:
>
> The average life expectancy in the US was 47 years.
>
> Only 14% of the homes in the US had a bathtub.
>
> Only 8% of the homes had a telephone.
>
> A three minute call from Denver to New York City cost $11.00
>
> 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.
>
> A mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
>
> More than 95 percent of all births in the US took place at home.
>
> Ninety % 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 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 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.
>
> Two of 10 US adults couldn't read or write. Only 6% 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 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.
>
> There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire US
>
> And 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 staggers the mind.

i would have either gotten arrested for not following the speed limit or have died from not being able to shower

"blackstarz18" wrote:

i would have either gotten arrested for not following the speed limit or have died from not being able to shower

I am always looking for a guardian of health and a good complexion, so I might have accidentally got addicted to heroin.

lol!!! that shit messes u up so bad though