The year is 1910

[M.D. Holloway]

THE YEAR IS 1910
This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
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The year is 1910
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1910:
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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, and 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 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.
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, and iced tea hadn't been invented yet.
There was no Mother's Day or 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? DUH! )

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. !

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.
IT STAGGERS THE MIND

[tabs]

Try a RETURN TO 1910...

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by LubeMaster77

There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !

How many were unreported?

[mossguy]

Lubemaster, Tabs predicted this.

Best,
Tom

[TechnoViking]

If inflation averages ~3.5%/year, then the average worker made between $6K to $12K per year in today's dollars if I calculate correctly.

[M.D. Holloway]

I'm rather comfortable in 2010, if I can make it to 2050 I am sure I will then make it to 2075!

[widebody911]

I suspect a most - if not all - of those are urban legends, but I can't find a convenient link to debunk them at this time.

[Zeke]

I'll bet deodorant was used by only a few even though it had been invented in the late 1800's. That's probably what killed everyone so early.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by widebody911

I suspect a most - if not all - of those are urban legends, but I can't find a convenient link to debunk them at this time.

Of course it's all crap. The American Flag had 46 stars since 1908.

[looneybin]

i want to know how the hell you can die from diarrhea???

[Jagshund]

Originally Posted by looneybin

i want to know how the hell you can die from diarrhea???

Have you ever experienced the type of diarrhea called The Black Death? Had it once. Lost 10+ pounds in a matter of two days; I looked absolutely FABulous but felt like dying.

[nynor]

with rampant diarrhea, not only do you lose tons of fluid (dehydration), you lose tons of electrolytes and your bicarb. your pH gets all out of whack. enough of those things and you are dead.

[sammyg2]

I question a few of those also.
I found this at http://www.hersheypa.com/press_room/pdfs/2010/life_1910.pdf , no vouching for it's accuracy:

What Was Life Like in 1910?


UNITED STATES ECONOMY

A first class stamp cost 2 cents.

A pound of sugar cost 5 cents.

A Hershey bar cost 5 cents.

A dozen eggs cost 34 cents.

The average annual household income was $750.

The federal government spent $.8 billion.

Unemployment was at 5.9 percent.

LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES

The population of the United States was 92,228,496.

New York was the most populated state. (According to the 1910 census, there were 9,113,614 residents in New York, compared to 7,665,111 in Pennsylvania.)

UNITED STATES HISTORY

On May 11, Glacier National Park was established in Montana by the United States Congress.

In just two days, a wildfire referred to as the “Great Fire of 1910” destroyed 3 million acres in northeast Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana. (why do people build in this fire areas? )

Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, became the United States Asian immigration center.


WORLD HISTORY

Japan invaded and seized Korea.

Mexican revolution was proclaimed on November 20.


FABULOUS FIRSTS AND FOUNDINGS

The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated.

Father’s Day was celebrated for the first time on June 19.

Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture.

Photographers captured Halley’s Comet for the first time.

Theodore Roosevelt was the first United States president to ride in an airplane.

MEDICINE

The average life expectancy in the United States was 48.4 years for men and 51.8 years for women.

Mark Frank Woodbury of the United States Army introduced tincture of iodine as a wound disinfectant.



In car racing, Barney Oldfield set a new land speed record of 131.7 mph in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Harvard University was the NCAA football champion.

[crustychief]

Wow! substitute an f-word for an asterisk and you have a rap song. Now my head hurts.

[IROC]

Originally Posted by LubeMaster77

...and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

Yeah, I have to call bull*****. I worked with a guy who graduated in the 1960s and he started out at $5000/yr...

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by IROC

Yeah, I have to call bull*****. I worked with a guy who graduated in the 1960s and he started out at $5000/yr...

I don't know, I was climbing poles for the phone co in '64 making 4K/yr at the lowest scale. A foreman made 9K.

Your engineer was making 2 dollars an hour?

[Rob Channell]

My dad was an engineer (electrical) and I seem to remember he only started out somewhere around 3000 or a little above in the early 60's. Of course he was working for NASA and they are not known for the highest starting salaries.

I would guess there was a decimal misplaced and a mechanical engineer made $500 a year in 1910. That would sound more realistic.

[Schumi]

Prices of goods are irrelevant.

If, in 1910, I only made $200 a year, I could buy 1,429 cartons of eggs at 14 cents a dozen..

In 2010, If I make 40,000 a year, I can buy 20,000 cartons of eggs at $2 a dozen.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by looneybin

i want to know how the hell you can die from diarrhea???

I don't know the stats, but in the third world it is one of the top killers of children.

[EdT82SC]

This same list has been going around for years, and only the year gets updated. Google it:

1905
1902