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A century ago...

The average life expectancy in the United States was forty-seven.

Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost $11.

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 residents, California was only the 
twenty-first 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 an 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 $2500 per year, a 
veterinarian between $1500 and $4000 per year, and a mechanical engineer 
about $5000 per
year.

More than 95 percent of all births in the United States took place at home.

Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks 
for shampoo.

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert community 
was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families.

Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been 
invented.

There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

There were about 230 reported murders in the U.S. annually.