1906

[lilhave]

Some of you might remember this: THE YEAR 1906

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!

The year is 1906.

One hundred years ago.

What a difference a century makes!

Here are some statistics for the Year 1906:


The average life expectancy was 47 years.

Only 14 per cent 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 wage was 22 cents per hour.

The average 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.

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 ice 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.

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." ( Shocking? DUH! )

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. !

Now I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it to you and others all over the United States,& Canada possibly the world, in a matter of seconds!

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.

IT STAGGERS THE MIND, EH .?

[Hollow]

Originally Posted by lilhave

Now I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself

this calls for the hardly boys and the mystery of the untyped email.

[tdf4077]

thanks for this lol! great timing! we're talking about the industrial revolution in my class. before the industrial revolution, life was the same it had been for centuries. I asked if this were true today, and the kids replied now, so we were brainstorming ways in which America changed over the past 100 years...you just did all the work for us lol!

[Penny Lane]

The good old days, I'm glad that they are gone.

[dragster58]

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." ( Shocking? DUH! )

...............pushers weren't invented either, hehehehehehehehehe!!

[Chelsea]

Originally Posted by safety pin

this calls for the hardly boys and the mystery of the untyped email.

I'm getting a clue....

[gilligan fanatic]

Life Expectancy at 47, that is preety crazy. 23 1/2 would be mid life.

[lilhave]

Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

Life Expectancy at 47, that is preety crazy. 23 1/2 would be mid life.

It was even less in N.Y.C., in particular the 5 points area of lover Manhattan. A two bedroom flat in the tenaments, had a 10 or 12 living there. There was famine, sickness and unbelievable crime. The Plug Rabbits and gangs of that ilk added to the death totals. There really was no cures, penicllen, quinine and other drugs were not discovered yet as was the X ray machine. Maleria, TB, diphtheria and diseases from Europe wiped out tens of thousands. Remember New York had Ellis Island and that's where all the immigrants settled. Death was everywhere.

[80sTrivia]

Those are some interesting statistics...

[Coffeecup]

Any happy points?. I tend to think people were closer. They had to be for they didn't have as much as they have today. Females were bakers, knitters, had tea parties. On the other hand the rich today have servants and rich of yesteryear had servants too. Neighborhoods had markets. My market is a 40 minute car ride. I would like to walk to a market.

[lilhave]

Originally Posted by coffeecup

Any happy points?. I tend to think people were closer. They had to be for they didn't have as much as they have today. Females were bakers, knitters, had tea parties. On the other hand the rich today have servants and rich of yesteryear had servants too. Neighborhoods had markets. My market is a 40 minute car ride. I would like to walk to a market.

If you read about N.Y.C. at the turn of the century, you will find it wasn't a pretty place to be. From what I read the movie "Gangs of N.Y." was a pretty accurate portrayal of the squalor and violence that occurred a scant 100 years ago.