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    THE YEAR 1905

    Maybe this will boggle your mind, it sure 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 1905:

    The average life expectancy in the US. 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 residents, 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 an 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. physicians 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 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 prohibiting poor people from entering the country
    for any reason.

    The 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 30!!!

    Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.

    There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

    Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.

    Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.

    Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at
    corner drugstores.

    According to one pharmacist, "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.

    There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.

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    ok... hmmm ok uh well ah, don't know what to say... that 47 thing scares me...-----------------
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    And was it Irving Berlin that composed a song with a lyric line " bring back the good ole days"?
    Bring back Irving Berlin so we can stone him.

    Mark

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    Yeah, that's the bad news....the good news, how about antibiotics, TV, Cell Phone, Computers, grafite rods, automatic transmissions, etc. etc.

    After reviewing the list above (which is all too abrieveated), I'm not so sure all of them are "good news" after all. Well maybe the grafite rods for the poor folk (like retired old bags of wind on "fixed income") don't count as any group of note.

    Anyway, long story short. I'm glad I live in this century, all in all.

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    I guess things have changed some, except for maybe the "maximum speed limit." I think that's what it is on LA freeways today.

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    And I'm not so sure I call cell phones or TV progress.

    jed

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    A two handed 16' Hardy salmon rod coats (according to hardy) about 200 pounds sterling or at that time 1,000.00 US dallars!
    Rich

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    Rich Ward,

    How much would a comparable one
    cost today?

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    In the words of Carly Simon. 'These are the gold old days.'
    " If a man is truly blessed, he returns home from fishing to the best catch of his life." Christopher Armour

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    I have no idea. this is a swag. about 10,000.00 if you could find anyone to make it at all.

    Rich

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