[lit-ideas] Re: TGIF
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:16:33 EDT
<<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." >>
How in the *world* did such a notion develope?!?! And when and how was the
reality of the chemical and its effect on people realized?
Julie Krueger
perpetually stunned
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Subj: [lit-ideas] TGIF Date: 8/25/05 11:45:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time
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THE YEAR IS 1905
One hundred years ago, today.
Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year 1905:
> 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.
> The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
> The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour.
> 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.
> 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.
> There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
> 1 out of 5 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."
> Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time
servant or domestic help.
>The average I.Q. in 1905 was 90. Today it is 115.
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