THE YEAR 1908 100 years ago
This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1908. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some statistics for the Year 1908 : ************ ********* ********* ****** The average life expectancy was 47years. Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. There were only 8,000 cars 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 1908 was 22 cents per hour. The average 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 took place at HOME. Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which Were condemned in the press AND the government as 'substandard. ' Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound, and they were actually 1 LB. 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 were: 1 Pneumonia and influenza 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease 5 Stroke The American flag had 45 stars. 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 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 had at least One full-time servant or domestic help. There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A.! Now I forwarded this from someone else without typing It myself, and sent it to you and others all over the U.S.A Possibly the world, 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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| Growing up my Grandfather had restored a 1908 hupmobile and a 1908 EMF Roadster. I loved riding in those cars......... the hupmobile i had nick named putt putt as that is the sound it made. I have pictures of us all dressed in 1908 attire at car rallies......
I know the hupmobile is in Ouray Colorado in a private car museaum. My grandfather bought it, along with a second engine for it still in the wooden crate from the Ringling Bros. Circus as the clowns used it for their act...... Wish i still had it. |
WOW how nice that was.  |
| yes and no........... i was a 4/5 year old little girl having to dress up in button up high top shoes with tights and white lacy dresses with bows......... i had hair in ringlets (how i hated those things) it looked like something out of Pollyanna.........
Loved riding in the car but having to wear the get up to go with it wasn't fun!! |
OES Mommy wrote: THE YEAR 1908
This will boggle your mind The average life expectancy was 47years. OMG  I am past my use by date if I lived in 1908
Thank goodness I live now and still only 21++++++++++++++++  Well I did work as an accountant for years so numbers can be adjusted   
Great facts D, thank gawd for 2008 and not 1908  |
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