sah es in man­chen Tei­len der Welt noch ganz anders aus.

Here are some of the U.S. sta­tis­tics for the Year 1905:

• 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 21^st 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 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. 
• 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. 
• 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 the U.S. had at least one full-time ser­vant or dome­stic help. 
• The­re were about 230 repor­ted mur­ders in the enti­re U.S.

[via "S. Crowe"]