SC-What year was this.........?

Question

The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.

Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.

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 US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per 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 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.

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.

The 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 iced 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 and 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.!

Answer 1

Very interesting.



I'm thinking that Typhoid should be on the list for most deaths - due to drinking water.



I have a booklet (the year 1886) - called The Contributor - it shows an advertisement - saying that Bull Durham - was good for a persons health.LOL



Thanks for sharing.

DeeJay

Answer 2

No. Your organization should no longer have got to see marks or give you issues with dates. I do know this on the grounds that I had to take a different direction for my masters, so as an alternative of finishing in may of 2004, I graduated in could of 2005. I've by no means been requested why.

Answer 3

I'm confused. We added the 45th star to our flag in 1896 and the 46th star in 1908, yet you state an average wage for 1910. We seem to have a mistaken fact here somewhere.

Answer 4

Aah, yes - I remember it well - as if it was just yesterday.

Around March - or was it June - 1911 ?

I know some scoundrel stole my brand new bicycle in the February and the constables never retrieved for me.

There was hardly ANY law & order back in those turbulent times - some of us were lucky to even stay alive.

; ))

Answer 5

You mentioned 1910, so I believe that's the year.

Answer 6

You gave it away. A hundred years ago.



But I would have known anyway, because of the contemporaneous assertion that "heroin gives buoyancy to the mind." Which was--and is--true. The attitude toward drugs in the U.S.A. was very civilized back then, and continued to be so, until the regime of Tricky Dicky Nixon in the 1070s.

Answer 7

I'd say 1910. I'd never thought about where gas was sold before gas stations -- excellent piece of trivia.

Answer 8

You gave it away, one of the facts mentioned the year 1910.

Answer 9

my sweet friend,i would think around 1910,something like that,so take care my friend.

Answer 10

You have way too much time on your hands. But, all that is very interesting anyway.

Answer 11

I had fun reading it. Things I learned, I didn't know.

Answer 12

times change but not always for the better.