Guest Frank_Nabbit Posted January 6, 2004 Report Posted January 6, 2004 > >Subject: In The Year 1903 > >I thought that you might enjoy this. > It's time to revisit where we were a century ago. This ought to >boggle > your mind! > > YEAR OF 1903 > > The year is 1903, one hundred years ago... what a difference > a century makes. > > Here are the U.S. statistics for 1903.... > > The average life expectancy in the US was forty-seven. > > 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. > > 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. > > Coca Cola contained cocaine. 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. > > Just think what it will be like in another 100 years. It boggles >the > mind... > >HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
B. Brian Brunzell Posted January 6, 2004 Report Posted January 6, 2004 > The five leading causes of death in the US were: > 1. Pneumonia and influenza > 2. Tuberculosis > 3. Diarrhea > 4. Heart disease > 5. Stroke Death by Diarrhea? Tell me that wouldn't suck.
Guest Frank_Nabbit Posted January 6, 2004 Report Posted January 6, 2004 I think its a dehydration thing. Andrew Johnson or Jackson or some Prez died in this manner
Mole Posted January 12, 2004 Report Posted January 12, 2004 > The five leading causes of death in the US were: > 1. Pneumonia and influenza > 2. Tuberculosis > 3. Diarrhea > 4. Heart disease > 5. Stroke Death by Diarrhea? Tell me that wouldn't suck. Does your colon fall out or something?
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