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Want to see something interesting that has nothing to do with immigration?
Well, it IS Friday, so I'm taking a short break from the usual stuff ... this is interesting though:
U.S. statistics for the Year 1906 :
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 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 admitte
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.
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.A. !
lol DAR ... you may be right there ... I was just in a nostalgic copy and paste mood ....:)
20 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Interesting Profile Of The USA 100 Years Ago
Sounds Very Similar To Mexico's Standard Of Living Today
(Except For The MURDER Statistic)
Funny Thing Is
Although Mexico Is About 100 Years Behind The USA
(Developmentally Speaking)
Their Nation Existed LOOONG Before The USA Was Formed
And They Say WE'RE Lazy
Sorry, I Couldnt Resist
- ?Lv 45 years ago
How will closer supervision of employers paintings ? provided that there is no national identity, purely how is an enterprise, meant to verify if a worker is illegitimate or no longer ? they are actually not allowed to invite for evidence of citizenship while hiring. Illegals can purchase a pretend SS card and drivers license for around $4 hundred, so as that they have the comparable records as criminal workers do. people wanna say, properly pass after the firms that hire them, yet then do no longer choose the firms to have the equipment to verify who's criminal and who's illegitimate. Plus, isn't that what the INS is meant to do ? they are against the State of Arizona verifying citizenship, yet they by some ability think of a company could be allowed or compelled to do it ? the entire difficulty is purely a smoke demonstrate screen, for people who choose no immigration coverage in any respect and choose open borders. Now if ships from China confirmed up with 50 million chinese language illegals, do no longer ya think of the Left would substitute thier track on illegals in a coronary heart beat ? If we are actually not gonna take care of the southern border, then why can we've immigration controls at our airports ? Why no longer purely permit all of us enter the rustic ? of direction the reason being, the left would not choose 12 million white illegals from europe shifting here
- 1 decade ago
I am from the South and proud of it. I am a daughter of a Viet Nam vet and am extremely proud of my American heritage. I am married to a sweet guy I live in the South. I speak two languages and am learning a third. I play two musical instruments. I write poetry and short stories, as well as diatribes. I have recently had a poem published by The International Library of Poetry. I am married to a great guy who is Native American. We are both against illegal immigration.
To the imbeciles who report me on a daily basis in a futile attempt to censor me, I have another ID waiting as soon as you have this one deleted. I am American, something you can never be. Therefore, I have freedom of speech. Report that.
STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER, If you don't like that, you have no business being here in this country!
I still have my original 360 page and my original email. Princess haters need not apply
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Good info there.
Heart Disease and Stroke are still the major causes of death after 100 years!!!
So, whats up with the the Boston Tea Party then?
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- 1 decade ago
I have a bizarre fact too. When the eskimo pie was invented there was such a deman for chocolate that it brought the entire country of Equador (large coco bean producer) out a depression.
Heres another one. The safest age of a person's life is 10.
Source(s): American Eats Book of useless knowledge - 1 decade ago
So in 1906 the USA was still ages ahead of where Mexico and the rest of S. America are now, and that's why Illegals invade the USA now
Interesting....................................
I tried to turn it into a immigration Question for you
Illegal is not a RACE
- Foo Foo GirlLv 41 decade ago
Those were interesting, amazing how much has changed in 100 years! It's even amazing if you think about how much prices for homes, food and cars has gone up from just 20 years ago!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
And Native Americans had another 18 years to wait before being considered American citizens. History is great. live and learn. Thanks Sashie.
- DARLv 71 decade ago
Sounds nice. (OK, I re-read the life expectancy part. Maybe not so nice...)
However, I dispute that iced tea wasn't invented yet. Tea was invented, and tea gets cold....
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Sounds like things are getting better, so why is it that many Americans think that illegal immigrants are ruining the country? Sounds like we are much better off now!
