A friend sent this to me, if alot have seen it just say so and I will shoot it. Ive never seen it but im also fucked.... THE YEAR 1905 This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1905. > One hundred years ago. > What a difference a century makes! > Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year 1905: > The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years. > 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 >eleven dollars. > 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 $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 in the U.S. took >place at home. > Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had no college >education. > Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many >of which were condemned in the press and by 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. > Five leading causes of death in the U.S. were: > 1. Pneumonia and influenza > 2. Tuberculosis > 3. Diarrhea > 4. Heart disease > 5. 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 pharmacist 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 in the U.S. had at least >one full-time hhb servant or domestic help. > There were about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S. > Now I forwarded this from someone else without typing it >myself, and sent it to you in a matter of seconds! > Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. > It staggers the mind.
100 years ago isn't long enough - but 200 years ago, on this continent, hippiehillbilly and I would be fucking pioneer superstars - we'd make Meriwether Lewis and Davy Crockett look like faggots, and our descendents would own the whole fucking state of Idaho
100 years ago id be dead,, on account the life expetancie of a drunken gun totin idiot was about 18 then..
Gun toting, alcoholic, opium smoking, dope shooters actually did very well back then, if they took a job in law enforcement - just like now
1905 in the U.S. does deserves attention -- it was before the horrors of international interference in the big war, men could still ride the rails and find work, folks could still farm, there was still land available to those who worked their asses off - from what i've read, it was a fine fucking year
In England in 1905 - all the men were powdering their wigs and giving blowjobs to one another and all the women were working in coal mines - kinda' like present day Pennsylvania
