Only 100 Years Ago...

 Wow on these stats from 100 years ago

1911  FORD

THE  YEAR IS 1911

This  will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!

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The year is 1911   --- One hundred years ago.
What a  difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1911:

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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,

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 fourteen cents a dozen

Coffee 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, iced tea hadn't been invented yet.

There  was neither a Mother's Day nor a 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!"

( Shocking?)
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 !!

I  am now going to forward this to someone else without typing it myself.

From  there, it will be sent to others all over the  WORLD -
all in a matter of  seconds!

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100  years?