Show this to your children and grandchildren !!!!

THE YEAR 1908

One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some of the U.S. Statistics for the Year 1908:

The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years old.

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

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 made $2,500 per year,

A veterinarian $1,500 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!

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  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!!!!

Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write. 

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school

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."

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

Mail took seven days on average. Now I sent it to you and others all over the United States ,
Possibly the world, in a matter of just Seconds !!!!!!!!!

Just Try to imagine..... 
What it may be like .... 
In another 100 years !!!!!!! 
IT STAGGERS THE MIND !!!!!!!!!