What a difference a Century makes, IS IT POSSIBLE???
The year is 1902 ... one hundred years ago ...
what a difference a century makes! Here are
some of the U.S. statistics for 1902:
The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47
years.
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.
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 U.S. was 22 cents an
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 $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 in the U.S. took
place at home.
Ninety percent of all U.S. 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 cost 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 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 30.
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea
hadn't been invented.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
One in ten U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only
6 percent 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 the bowels, and is, in
fact, a perfect guardian of health."
18 percent of households in the U.S. had at least
one full-time servant or domestic.
There were only about 230 reported murders in
the entire U.S.
Just think what it will be like in another 100
years.
.It boggles the mind....