What a Difference🎩a Century Makes!

The  Year  is  1910

100 + Years Ago In America

What a Difference a Century Makes!!

Here are some statistics for the Year 1910:

• 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
• A mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

•  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.'

•  More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.

• 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.!

 

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Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.

IT STAGGERS THE MIND!!

• http://www.rense.com/general70/100yrs.htm
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2134408/Never-seen-photos-100-years-ago-tell-vivid-story-gritty-New-York-City.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910_in_the_United_States