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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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 Posted - 08/26/2005 : 15:52:50
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Ok I am combining this with two emails from a friend.
1. On Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, was declared in effect
2. The email below talks about the Eiffel Tower, so that reminded me of FB.
The year was 1905.............
THE YEAR 1905
This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
The year is 1905.
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
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.
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more
heavily populated
than California.
With a mere 1.4 million people, 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 per 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. doctors had no college education.
Instead, they attended so-called 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 that prohibited poor people from entering
into their
country for any reason.
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 only 30!!!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two out of every 10 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 pharmacist said, "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 help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.
And I forwarded this from someone else without typing it
myself, and sent it
to you in a matter of seconds!
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.
It staggers the mind.
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 08/26/2005 : 16:11:09
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When did they stop calling it the Union?
When the landmass I'm on is called the United States of Europe we'll remember those golden days when it was simply the Union. Gather round kids I'll tell ye ye could buy a package of cigarettes for only 500 cents and take a domestic flight without being weighed and given a cavitysearch. Ah that takes me back. Ain't centralised gubbermint cool?
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If I were a millionaire I'd buy every carthorse in Ireland and wait. The day is coming when a carthorse will be worth more than a Porsche. |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 08/26/2005 : 21:54:45
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lol!!!
well i guess it makes sense in a backward sort of way, considering companies can't seem to figure out it's in appropriate to have bathrooms labled "White only." Yes kids, that just came out a few weeks ago! ... YIKES!
"I ain't goin to be what I ain't" |
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danjersey
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
2813 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2005 : 22:00:06
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" HEY!.... SHOW US YOUR PIGMENT"
"You're constantly in a state of becoming" |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
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Posted - 08/27/2005 : 08:53:43
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quote:
Originally posted by Daisy Girl
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Hmmmm plugholes!
This is a high class bureau de change, not some Punch & Judy show on the seafront at Margate! |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 08/27/2005 : 09:45:38
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quote:
Originally posted by Stuart
quote:
Originally posted by Daisy Girl
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Hmmmm plugholes!
This is a high class bureau de change, not some Punch & Judy show on the seafront at Margate!
heheeh! |
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