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Reference Material Index

Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly

Last Revised 09/07/2006  

    Editor's Note: This page and its' link pages will contain various reference materials [books, 3-ring binders, folders] concerning the Sussex-Lisbon area that were not generally published for the public. Titles and tables of content [keywords] will be found here. Also check published material, some are also available at the Pauline Haass Public Library; contact the Reference Librarian.

    These publications are available at the SLAHS Depot Museum for research, contact historian Fred Keller, to determine when museum personnel would be available to assist.

Show this to your children and grandchildren
 

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
The year is 1906.
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year
1906:


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.


Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over

the counter at the local corner drugstores. 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." ( Shocking? DUH! )


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. !


Now I forwarded this from someone else without typing

it myself, and sent it to you and others all over the United States,

possibly the world, in a matter of seconds!


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

 

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