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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 $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 $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.








- Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. It boggles the mind. -







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