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THE YEAR 1904
Maybe this will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1904 one hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes!



Here are some of the U.S. statistics for 1904:
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.

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! .

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 $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 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 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.

Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason. LMAO

The five leading causes of death in the U.S. 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 was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated 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 bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." (Shocking!)

Eighteen percent of households in the U.S had at least one full-time servant or domestic.

There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.



Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years . it staggers the mind.
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[Stevo]

Interesting...
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[Mike]

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[Mike]

[Stevo]

Yeah well you didn't specify. Specification will save your life one day...
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[DaKon]

And the scary part is I still have one relative that was alive in 1904 that is still alive (if I remember her birthday correctly, other wise she is only 99 years old).
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[ROOFCUTTER]

Now san diego county has more population than 20 states!
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Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.

[KillerRoofcutter]

My friends great grandma lived for 3 centurys and through
1 millenimum, because she was born in 1899 and died in 2001.
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[crackhead_fred]

That would suck to die of Diarrhea. and no canned beer?

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[Clay Pigeon]

She lived during the 19th 20th and 21st centuries. 1899 = 19th century
2001 = 21st century.

[Stevo]

The way it was worded made it sound like 300 years. I doubt he was drunk, though...
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