Interesting how times have changed.

[Bear Paw Jack]

I keep in touch with an old minister friend of mine. His dad was born in 1910 he forwarded this. Very interesting.

Show this to your friends, children and/or grandchildren!

The year is 1910, over 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.

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.

There was no such thing as under arm deodorant or tooth paste.

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.

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. !

(yes, people have changed)

I am now going to forward this to someone else without typing it myself.

From there, it will be sent to others all over the WORLD...all in a matter of seconds!

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years!

 

[wheelgun1958]

The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour.

Sugar cost four cents a pound.

Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.

Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

 

[gunzo]

Interesting stats, but when they couldn't get the math right on average annual salary vs. average hourly pay, I guess I'd have to suspect all the rest of the statements.

 

[Kevin]

The number of stars on the flag is also wrong. Oklahoma in 1907 made 46.

 

[Bob Wright]

I think of folks who lived in the early years of our country. They were born and lived their whole life and died without much change in life. But my Dad, born in 1891, lived to see the earliest of airplanes and even watched TV as man landed on the moon. My mother remembered hearing the earliest radio, and saw TV, not only TV, but color TV!

When I began my career, we made drawings on paper with pencil, printed the drawing on blue line paper, bundled the prints up and mailed them to bidders. When I retired, I drew pictures on a little screen, then pushed a button and bidders in distant cities viewed them.

Bob Wright

 

[Selena]

My grandfather insisted all his grandchildren learn the basics of hitching & driving his mules. He went so far as to have one 10 acre field he would plow and plant with wheat using a seeder that was probably older than he was. In the fall he would take us out and show us how to "shock" the wheat into bundles by hand.

Somewhere around this place I have elevator tickets showing delivery of shell corn sold for the sum of $1.06. I found that laughable until Dad reminded me that 1.06 in 1963 would be worth $8.96 today.

 

[blackhawknj]

Remember what the tax bite was for a working or middle class family then.

 

[Redington Slim]

Wow, good reflection.

 

[protoolman]

The numbers don't seem right. I would double check it all.

 

[Mobuck]

As I remember things.
In 1970(only half century ago), the wage goal was $1000/month. A mid-size Ford/Chevy cost under $3500 and a 100HP diesel tractor cost about double that. Gas was 25 cents(?) /gallon. $20 worth of groceries would barely fit in a car w/o using the trunk. The cost of insurance was a pittance and Doctors still made house calls.

 

[RSIno1]

My dad was born in 1917 - year of the Spanish Flu. His mom took him to stay with her sister on the farm rather than staying in Saginaw. His great grandmother died in 1856 at 103. They figured she lived that long because she always stayed on the farm and had little contact with others. Gas was about 30 cent a gallon when I started to drive (legally) in 1966.

 

[vito]

When I graduated college in 1965 I got my first full time job as a "media analyst" at a major NYC advertising agency. My starting pay was at $90/week and I was thrilled to get that job. A year later, two days before my wedding, I picked up my first car, a brand new VW Beetle that I had to pay full MSRP plus tax, and it came to $1,900. Being broke, I financed this car for the maximum period that was possible, 36 months, and my payments were $62/month. Shortly after getting married I entered active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army. My total gross pay as a new 2nd Lieutenant, including my Housing allowance and "subsistence allowance" came to $460 a month, and I sweated that car payment! With my new wife and new car I reported for active duty at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX and was told that I would get paid for my travel, and a uniform allowance, but would not receive such until I got my first paycheck from the Army at the end of the month. We had paid rent on a small furnished apartment, filled the Beetle with gas, bought some groceries, and I had $2.45 to my name to last me the three weeks until that first payday and somehow we survived. In fact, those days may have been the best days of my life, although of course I didn't know that or feel that at the time.