What a difference ... a century makes ...
What a difference … a century makes, 100 little years …
I got one of those emails the other day, where I can not resist but to share some of its content with you … and wonder, what examples you might cite.
So, imagine, it is the year 1906 in the U.S.. One hundred years ago. Incredible, what happened since:
The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years, only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub, and a mere 8 percent had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars … and compare that to the fact, that the average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour, and the average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 - per year.
By the way, sugar cost four cents a pound, coffee was fifteen cents a pound, and eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Interestingly, a competent accountant could expect to earn $2,000 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!
Talking about doctors … 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 by the government as "substandard").
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California, which was, with a mere 1.4 million people, only the 21st most populous state in the Union (today, California as a country would the fourth largest economy, worldwide).
And the population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!
The tallest structure in the world was … the Eiffel Tower!
Funny, but most women only washed their hair once a month. Wonder, how that smelled.
Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write, and only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic help. Those where the days ;)
There were about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S. – though I suspect, the important word here is “reported”.
And last, but not least …. marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacist said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
And now it´s up to you ;) |
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