[lit-ideas] TGIF
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:45:04 -0400
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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