| >YEAR 1903: | > | >This ought to boggle your mind, I know it did mine! | > | >The year is 1903, one hundred years ago ... what a difference a century | >makes. | > | >Here are the US statistics for 1903.... | > | >The average life expectancy in the US was forty-seven (47). | > | >Only 14 Percent of the homes in the US 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 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 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. | > | >More than 95 percent of all births in the US took place at home. | > | >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 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 were no Mother's Day or Father's Day. | > | >One in ten US 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 | >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." | > | >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. | > | >Just think what it will be like in another 100 years. It boggles the | >mind...........
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