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THE YEAR IS 1910
This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
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The year is 1910
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1910:
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The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.
Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower !
The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per 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, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.
Ninety percent of all 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 into their country for any reason.
The Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars.
The population of Las Vegas , Nevada , was only 30!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented yet.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write and
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'
( Shocking? DUH! )
Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !

I am now going to forward this to someone else without typing it myself.
From there, it will be sent to others all over the WORLD - all in a matter of seconds!
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.
IT STAGGERS THE MIND
 
TexasBred":18fv9y5x said:
THE YEAR IS 1910
This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
************ ********* ***********
The year is 1910
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1910:
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TexasBred":18fv9y5x said:
Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.

Only in CA, buddy. The Hempstar 3000 was ahead of it's time. 3.0 liter diesel engine powered with bio-Willie.

TexasBred":18fv9y5x said:
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Fortunately, only 7% of the folks wanted a bath.


TexasBred":18fv9y5x said:
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'
( Shocking? DUH! )

Two words, Keith Richards.



TexasBred":18fv9y5x said:
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !

Murder's weren't reported. People judged whether "he needed dyin" and they only reported the most extreme cases. I bet murders, as a percent of population, have'nt changed much over time.

My county, pop. 25,000 has not gained pop since 1950. In 1950 we had a 4 cell jail. A Sheriff and one deputy.
In 2010 we have an 85 bed jail. Two judges, two courts and a "full" inmate count. A Sheriff and 10 Deputies. What the heck is going on? 25,000 people did not get that bad in two generations.
"Justice" is an industry. We need to be very suspicious.
 
TexasBred":39mysl18 said:
THE YEAR IS 1910
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.

Jeez, if I could finagle a quarter raise I could be a mechanical engineer.
 
TexasBred":3evpmr2i said:
THE YEAR IS 1910
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Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write
The year is 2010- two out of every ten adults can't read or write.
 

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