An interesting batch of statistics. Enjoy.
>
> WHAT A DIFFERENCE A CENTURY MAKES
>
> The year is 1901, one hundred years ago.....
> What a difference a century makes.....but what will the next century
bring?
>
> The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47-years.
>
> Only 14% of the homes in the U.S. had a bath tub.
> Only 8% of the homes had a telephone. A 3-minute
> call from Denver to NewYork City cost $11.00!
>
> 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
> residents, California
> was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
>
> The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower in France.
>
> The average wage in the U.S. was 22-cents an hour.
>
> The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
>
> 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.
>
> More than 95% of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
>
> Ninety percent of all U.S. Physicians had no college education.
Instead,
> they attended medical schools, many of which were
> condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
>
> Sugar cost 4-cents a pound. Eggs were 14-cents a
> dozen. Coffee cost 15-cents a pound.
>
> Most women only washed their hair once a month and
> used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
>
> The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were [in order of
frequency]
>
> 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 30.
>
> Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented yet.
>
> There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
>
> One in ten U.S.adults could not read or write.
>
> Only 6% 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."
>
> Eighteen percent of all households in the U.S. had
> at least one
> full-time
> servant or domestic.
>
> There were about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.
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