-sad that literacy has gone down so much since then! ;-) >-----Original Message----- >From: Doug White >Subject: Fw: 1903 - Those were the days > >| >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.... >| > snipppppp >| > >| >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." >| >
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
