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By Dr. Howdy, Ph.D.
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Friday
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.
** 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.
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