[AGL] Fwd: 1906

[Frances Morey]

  We've come a long way in a hunnert years. My gramma, born in 1864, would tell me what it was like back before indoor plumbing, airplanes and telephones. I suppose one day I'll have to admit to my grandsons that I was born before computers were invented.
  Best,
  Frances

      
> >> >?? THE YEAR 1906??
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
> >> >The year is 1906.
> >> >One hundred years ago.
> >> >What a difference a century makes!
> >> >Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year 1906:
> >> >
> >> >************************************
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >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 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 $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. 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.
> >> >
> >> >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." ( Shocking? DUH! )
> >> >
> >> >Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least
> >> >one full-time servant or domestic help.
> >> >
> >> >There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !
> >> >
> >> >Now I forwarded this from someone else without typing
> >> >it myself, and sent it to you and others all over the United States,
> >> >possibly the world, in a matter of seconds!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.
> >> >
> >> >IT STAGGERS THE MIND, EH....?
> >> >
> >> >No virus found in this incoming message.
> >> >Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> >> >Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/345 - Release Date: 5/22/06


  
   


		
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