> THE YEAR 1907
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> This will boggle your mind. I know it did mine!
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> The year is 1907.
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> One hundred years ago.
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> What a difference a century makes!
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> Here are some of the U.S. Statistics for the Year 1907:
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> The average life expectancy in the U.S. Was 47 years old.
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> Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
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> Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
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> A three-minute call from Denver to New York City
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> Cost eleven dollars.
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> There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.
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> The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
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> Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more
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> heavily populated than California.
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> With a mere 1.4 million people, California was only the 21st
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> most populous state in the Union.
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> The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!
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> The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour.
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> The average U.S. Worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
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> A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
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> A dentist made $2,500 per year,
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> A veterinarian $1,500 per year,
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> And a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
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> More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. Took place at HOME.
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> Ninety percent of all U.S. Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!
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> Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which
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> were condemned in t he press AND the government as "substandard."
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> Sugar cost four cents a pound.
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> Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
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> Coffee was fifteen cents a pound
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> Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used
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> Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
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> Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from
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> entering into their country for any reason.
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> Five leading causes of death in the U.S. Were:
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> 1. Pneumonia and influenza
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> 2. Tuberculosis
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> 3. Diarrhea
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> 4. Heart disease
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> 5. Stroke
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> The American flag had 45 stars.
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> Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and
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> Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
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> The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!
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> Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea
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> hadn't been invented yet.
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> There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
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> Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.
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> Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
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> Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over
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> the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists
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> said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind,
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> regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian
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> of health."
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> There were about 230 reported Murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A.!
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> Now I sent it to you and others all over the United States,
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> possibly the world, in a matter of just Seconds!!!!!!!!!
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> PASS THIS ALONG!!!!!
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> Just try to imagine.....
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> What it may be like.....
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> In another 100 years!!!!!!!
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> IT STAGGERS THE MIND!!!!!!!!!
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