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Buddy Blaze Lover
12-22-2004, 04:14 PM
This is AMAZING to think about!!!:)

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 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 "sub-standard."

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! :eek:

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! (I received this from a friend) Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years . THAT staggers the mind :eek:

CamCamPup33
12-22-2004, 04:24 PM
W:eek:W!

That really IS mind blowing. Eggs only 14 cents? MAX speed limit was only 10 MPH?

Thanks for sharing, that was really intresting!

CountryWolf07
12-22-2004, 04:29 PM
Ewww.. egg yolk.. as shampoo?? and Ewww... ONCE a month? :eek:

buckner
12-22-2004, 04:30 PM
Originally posted by CamCamPup33
MAX speed limit was only 10 MPH?

Hehe, I go faster than that pulling out of the driveway. :)

Buddy Blaze Lover
12-22-2004, 04:30 PM
Originally posted by CountryWolf07
Ewww.. egg yolk.. as shampoo?? and Ewww... ONCE a month? :eek:

I know!!!!:D:D:D That would be gross!

CountryWolf07
12-22-2004, 04:35 PM
Originally posted by buckner
Hehe, I go faster than that pulling out of the driveway. :)

IF someone drove THAT slow on the freeway/street.. HELLO! Move over, I'm speedin' past ya. I can't stand slow drivers.. lol

Buddy Blaze Lover
12-22-2004, 04:37 PM
Originally posted by CountryWolf07
IF someone drove THAT slow on the freeway/street.. HELLO! Move over, I'm speedin' past ya. I can't stand slow drivers.. lol

Ditto! But of course, not many people had cars back then anyway, so I could guess there WASN'T a freeway!:D

CountryWolf07
12-22-2004, 04:41 PM
Originally posted by Buddy Blaze Lover
Ditto! But of course, not many people had cars back then anyway, so I could guess there WASN'T a freeway!:D

Haha, that's true.. but.. they had DIRT/BRICK roads. ;)

Cookiebaker
12-22-2004, 05:03 PM
:eek: Wow! those are awesome statistics!!Life has changed so, so so much. :eek:

chrissycat21
12-22-2004, 08:50 PM
Wow! The US is so different now.

I just realized this, my great aunt was alive in 1910. And my great grandma was born in 1909. I wonder if it was much different it was from 1904 then? I'm guessing not very much, but I don't know.

catnapper
12-22-2004, 09:02 PM
W:eek:W!!

Can you imagine the culture shock of someone from then being fast-forwarded (is that a word?) in time to today? they'd swear we were all a bunch of witches!

chrissycat21
12-22-2004, 09:14 PM
Originally posted by catnapper
W:eek:W!!

Can you imagine the culture shock of someone from then being fast-forwarded (is that a word?) in time to today? they'd swear we were all a bunch of witches!

Never thought about that....But it might be pretty funny! :D

Tonya
12-23-2004, 12:27 AM
The five leading causes of death in the US were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

I sure would hate to die of diarrhea!

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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!)

I guess that I lied. I'd said that I had tried everything to cure my acne. I haven't tried heroin yet. :p

Buddy Blaze Lover
12-23-2004, 11:01 AM
Originally posted by Cookiebaker
:eek: Wow! those are awesome statistics!!Life has changed so, so so much. :eek:

Tell me about it!!!:D

EssTer
12-23-2004, 02:39 PM
W:eek:W!!!! Thjose are AMAZING facts!!!!I just have no words... LOL...