Sent via internet so all stats are claimed, not proven true. Just think how much better we would be if we lived in a third world country.

The Impact of 100 years
>
>
> The year is 1902, one hundred years ago ...
>
> Here are some US statistics for 1902:
>
> The average life expectancy in the US was forty-seven (47).
>
> Only 14 Percent of the homes in the US 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 US 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 Paris,
> France.
>
> The average wage in the US was 22 cents an 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 in the US took place at home.
>
> Ninety percent of all US 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 four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
>
> Coffee cost 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 prohibiting poor people from entering the country
> for any reason.
>
> The five leading causes of death in the US 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 30.
>
> Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
>
> There were no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
>
> One in ten US 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
> 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 households in the US had at least one full-time
> servant or domestic.
>
> There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire US.
>
> What a difference a century makes.

[ 12-04-2002, 05:50 PM: Message edited by: Fireballsocal ]

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Originally posted by Fireballsocal:
> The average wage in the US was 22 cents an hour.

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Shoot, they made more back then than I make now!