Date:   10/31/2005 12:35:02 AM ( 19 y ago)
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Here are some of the vital statistics for the Year 1905 (US)

The average life expectancy for a baby born in the U.S. was 52 years. [A baby born in the U.S. today can expect to live more than 77 years.] [High infant/child mortality rate of 1905 have contributed to pulling down the average life expectancy to 52 years.]

John, William, James, Mary, Helen and Margaret, were the top 3 names for boys and girls in US. Today’s favorites include Emma, Madison, Emily, Kaitlyn, Jacob, Aidan, Ethan, Ryan.

Only 1 percent of all Americans died from cancer.

Teddy Roosevelt was President.

Garcon a la Pipe - or Boy with a Pipe was painted by Pablo Picasso in Spain (who was 24 years old) (99 years later, painting was sold for $104m as the most expensive painting ever sold)

Albert Einstein proposed his theory of relativity.

Postage stamps cost only two cents.

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 $11.

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 $2,000 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 medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."

Sugar cost 4 cents a pound.

Eggs were 14 cents a dozen.

Coffee was 15 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 leading causes of death in the U.S. were pneumonia and influenza, tuberculosis, diarrhea, heart disease and 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 your pharmacist might tell you that 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 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.
 

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