Here
are some
U.S.
statistics for the Year 1906
The
average life expectancy was 47
years.
Only
14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only
8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A
three-minute call from
Denver
to
New York City
There
were only 8,000 cars in the
U.S.
, and only 144 miles
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
in Paris.
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 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 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 people.
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
USA.