The Year 1906

[Will Ketchum]

Although 1906 is out of the NCOWS era it is only 7 years so.

I was sent this and I can't verify that it's true but I thought many might find it interesting.

Will Ketchum


1906 :
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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 admitted to the Union yet.

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. !



Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years (2106)

[Grizzle Bear]

Interesting!

Here's another one:  Before the Eiffel Tower was built, what was the tallest man-made structure in the world?


Scroll down for the answer.


































































The Great Pyramid at Giza.


Grizzle Bear

[O.T. Buchannan]

Will, thanks for posting this....I've always found this sort of thing interesting....

[Delmonico]

I'd like to see the murder rate for say 1885, I've seen some unconfurmed figures from the time period,  I think it was something like 66 in Kansas between 1870 and 1885.  Most justifiable by law enforcement officers.  (Don't quote me, but I think it's close)  Kind of ruins our image of the Wild West.

[Lone Gunman]

I lived in Houston for several years, including 1981 when we set the record with 702 murders. It was a boomtown at the time and I reckon it was as close to the TV show 'Deadwood' as anything ever was.  In fact, Wu could have even had his hogs there since there were no zoning ordinances.