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11-23-2005, 08:34 PM | #1 |
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| The year 1905! THE YEAR 1905 This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1905. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some of the CANADIAN statistics for the Year 1905 : The average life expectancy in Canada was 47 years. Only 14 percent of the homes in Canada had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Montreal to Toronto cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S.and CANADA, 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 wage in Canada was 22 cents per hour. The average CDN 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 Canada took place at home . Ninety percent of all Canadian doctors had no college education. Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by 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 (but not yogurt). Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason. Five leading causes of death in the were: 1. Pneumonia and influenza 2 Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease 5. Stroke 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 CDN. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Canadians had graduated from high school. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacist said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." (Shocking!) Eighteen percent of households in Canada had at least one full-time servant or domestic help. And I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it to you in a matter of seconds! Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years |
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11-23-2005, 09:04 PM | #3 |
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| woah thats crazy!!!
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11-23-2005, 10:28 PM | #4 |
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| Quite interesting. I remember getting a 1975 card for my birthday one year, it had a lot of stuff like this on it... like the cost of bread.....good facts to know if you are playing triva pursuit
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11-24-2005, 06:26 PM | #5 | |
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11-24-2005, 09:59 PM | #6 |
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| gosh! that is hard to believe. it really is. yes, i wonder what it would be like in 100 yrs from now...maybe it's a good thing that i won't who knows how crazy things will be then. took me 4 yrs to figure out computers and that was with taking some classes....gahhhhhhh |
11-24-2005, 10:22 PM | #7 |
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| That was pretty interesting... I love history. I guess that is why we are restoring a old home.( Our 2nd renovation) Dates to about that maybe a little older. We know part of the house is from the late 1800's. Still working on the history of the home... I love to hear my father talk of the old days, it is pretty fasinating...
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