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> THE YEAR 1907
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> This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
> The year is 1907.
> One hundred years ago.
> What a difference a century makes!
> Here are some of the U.S. Statistics for the Year 1907 :
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> The average life expectancy in the U.S. Was 47 years old.
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> Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. Had a bathtub.
>
> Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone
>
> A three-minute call from Denver to New York City
> Cost eleven dollars.
>
> There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S. , and only 144 miles of paved roads.
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> 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 people, 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 U.S. Was 22 Cents per hour.
>
> The average U.S. Worker made between $200 and $400 per year .
>
> A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
> A dentist made $2,500 per year,
> A veterinarian $1,500 per year,
> And a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
>
> More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. Took place at HOME .
>
> Ninety percent of all U.S. 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 their country for any reason.
>
> Five leading causes of death in the U.S. 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 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 U.S. 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."
>
>
> There were about 230 reported Murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A.!
On this day exactly 100 years ago.... .
by worldtraveller 4 Replies latest jw friends
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worldtraveller
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snowbird
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more
heavily populated than California .I can believe that. In Wilcox County Alabama the population was around 36,000 that year - 3/4 of which was Black. My grandma was 24 in 1907; the Great Migration of Blacks northward hadn't begun yet.
Now, the population is around 12,000 - again 3/4 being Black.
History was my favorite subject in school.
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changeling
That was cool!
changeling
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Farkel
: THE YEAR 1907
The end of the world and the "rapture" of Russell's saints was only 7 years away!
Grudge Rutherford became Russell's legal counsel after having only been baptized for a year.
Russell drew up his Last Will and Testament that year. (Uh oh, Rutherford becomes WT Counsel/Russell writes a Will..."Houston, we've got a problem.")
Statement by a clergyman after Russell gave a speech in 1907: "‘I cannot open my morning paper without Pastor Russell’s face staring at me,’ (angrily) ‘I would sooner have joined in stoning him out of town.’ " Good idea, Reverend!
In 1907 Maria Russell divorces Chuck for cruelty. Under Jehovah's spirit-direction Russell tried to throw her out on the streets and make her homeless, refused to pay court-ordered support and vilified her. Eventually, Russell was ordered to pay her $9,000 in back support and the Bible Students, (not Russell) picked up that tab.
It was in 1907 that Russell dropped the doctrines that Jesus was the mediator for his pet Cult and they were in the new covenant.
It was in the September 15, 1907 Watch Tower that Russell stated (p. 4058) that "faith" in his pet chronology "almost becomes knowledge that it is correct." Hmmmm. Faith = Knowledge?
Same old shit. Different century!
Farkel
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Guest39
Most important, to me: My mom was born in 1907. Lived to be 91! TC