NUMERICALLY SPEAKING
YEAR OF 1903
This ought to boggle your mind.
What a difference over 100 year makes!
Here are some of the
U.S.
statistics for that year:
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The average life
expectancy in the
U.S.
was 47 years.
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Only 14% of the
homes in the
U.S.
had a bathtub.
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Only 8% of the
homes had a telephone.
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There were only
8,000 cars in the
U.S.
, and only 144 miles of paved
roads.
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The maximum
speed in most cities was 10 mph.
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Alabama
,
Mississippi
,
Iowa
and
Tennessee
were each more heavily
populated than
California
.
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The tallest
structure in the world was the
Eiffel
Tower
.
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The average wage
in the
U.S.
was 22 cents per hour.
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The average
worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
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Ninety percent
of all
U.S.
physicians had no college
education.
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Sugar cost 4
cents a pound. Eggs were 14 cents a
dozen. Coffee cost 15 cents a pound.
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Most women only
washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
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Canada
passed a law prohibiting poor
people from entering the country for any reason.
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The 5 leading
causes of death in the
U.S.
were:
Pneumonia & influenza, Tuberculosis, Diarrhea, Heart disease and
Stroke.
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The American
flag had 45 stars.
Arizona
,
Oklahoma
,
New Mexico
,
Hawaii
and
Alaska
hadn�t been admitted to the
Union
yet.
�
Crossword
puzzles and iced tea hadn�t been invented.
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There was no
Mother�s Day or Father�s Day.
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Marijuana,
heroin and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drug stores.
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There were only
about 230 murders in the entire
U.S.
Just
think what it will be like
in another 100 years.
