WOW! - The Year 1905

[nChrist]

By Email: THE YEAR 1905 - One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!

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 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 95percent 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.

[Willowbirch]

And...
In 1905,

Scottish poet and author George MacDonald died.

"Little Nemo" entered the Sunday comic strips.

At the St. Louis World Fiar, an ice cream vendor ran out of cups, and substited a thin rolled waffle, inventing the ice cream cone.

An 11 year old invented popsicles.

Fossils of Tyrannosaurus rex were first identified by dinosaur expert H.F. Osborn.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid held up a bank in Argentina.

Albert Einstein presented his theory of relativity.

The first manned flight longer than 30 minutes was achieved by Orville Wright. The flight covered 21 miles.

The world's first theater intended exclusively for motion pictures opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Cullinan Diamond, the largest ever found (3106 carets), was discovered in South Africa.

Science fiction author Jules Verne died.

Two satellites of Jupiter were discovered.

Ah, that was a remarkable year!

[airIam2worship]

That was quite a year. But tell me the kid that invented popsicles,  how did he freeze them Cause I remember in the early 1950's I was about 3 maybe 4 years old, the 'ice man' (on a horse drawn carriage, no kidding) came by and my grandmother would buy ice from him. It was what they call 'hot ice'.

[Willowbirch]

That was quite a year. But tell me the kid that invented popsicles,  how did he freeze them Cause I remember in the early 1950's I was about 3 maybe 4 years old, the 'ice man' (on a horse drawn carriage, no kidding) came by and my grandmother would buy ice from him. It was what they call 'hot ice'.

It was winter.  Lots of ice - for free! Who was it that said, "The difference between a poor man and a rich man is, the rich man gets his ice in the summer, but the poor man gets his ice in the winter"...

Quote from a website:

In 1905, the Popsicle was invented by eleven-year-old Frank Epperson. He had left his fruit flavored soda outside on the porch with a stir stick in it. The drink froze to the stick and tasted good. It took 18 more years in 1923 for Epperson to apply for a patent for a "frozen ice on a stick" called the Epsicle ice pop, which his children re-named the Popsicle.

In 1925, Frank Epperson sold his famous Popsicle to the Joe Lowe Company of New York. Good Humor now owns the rights to the Popsicle.

Cool facts:
Twin Popsicles (two popsicles sticks together) were invented during the Great Depression.

Popsicle sticks were first made from Birch wood.

[airIam2worship]

WOW that was so easy 
Now that you said that I remembe my mom used to have a teeny tiny fridge and when we didn't have enough room in the fridge she would put the butter and milk and sometimes eggs too on the fire escape (if you live up north  you know what I'm talking about). Everybody did tht in the winter. You just bought back some memories. YIKES!!!!!! I feel real old now.

[Soldier4Christ]

WOW that was so easy 
Now that you said that I remembe my mom used to have a teeny tiny fridge and when we didn't have enough room in the fridge she would put the butter and milk and sometimes eggs too on the fire escape (if you live up north  you know what I'm talking about). Everybody did tht in the winter. You just bought back some memories. YIKES!!!!!! I feel real old now.

We didn't have a refrigerator when I was real young. We had an ice box and a fruit cellar. Our first fridge had the motor and compressor exposed and sitting on top of the box. Our stove was a wood burner. That was in 1955, we were behind the times up until that year. In 1956 My dad got a used 1950 Chevrolet, a new closed box fridge. Then in 1950 we updated even more. We moved into a house that had running water, a flushing commode, hot water heater, a gas stove and my Mom got her first electric mixer (a Kitchen-aid with all the attachements). We were high class then.

[Shammu]

So brother Tom, how old were you in 1905 did you say?

[Soldier4Christ]

So brother Tom, how old were you in 1905 did you say?

I would say he was about a -43.

[nChrist]

So brother Tom, how old were you in 1905 did you say?

 

My memory fails me, but I think that I was a youngster at the time, and I seem to remember something about a charge up San Juan Hill. UM?? - I was a cannon-ball catcher. It was a rough job, but someone had to do it. 

[Shammu]

My memory fails me, but I think that I was a youngster at the time, and I seem to remember something about a charge up San Juan Hill. UM?? - I was a cannon-ball catcher. It was a rough job, but someone had to do it. 

And of course, you volunteered.

[Willowbirch]

WOW that was so easy 
Now that you said that I remembe my mom used to have a teeny tiny fridge and when we didn't have enough room in the fridge she would put the butter and milk and sometimes eggs too on the fire escape (if you live up north  you know what I'm talking about). Everybody did tht in the winter. You just bought back some memories. YIKES!!!!!! I feel real old now.

No, don't feel old.  Here in Michigan we leave cider and milk and occasionally other "fridge" items on the back porch in cool weather, if we need some space in the fridge. Also, apples and deer carrots keep pretty well out there.

I have a feeling that our fridge is bigger than your mother's fridge, though. 

[airIam2worship]

yeah she did i also remenber the old clothes ines, we would hang clothes and when it got real cold the clothes would feeeze 

[Soldier4Christ]

yeah she did i also remenber the old clothes ines, we would hang clothes and when it got real cold the clothes would feeeze 

Yeah and we would just beat the ice off and they would be dry.

I had to do that in boot camp, too!

[airIam2worship]

Yeah and we would just beat the ice off and they would be dry.

I had to do that in boot camp, too!

yeah, I wan't in boot camp. But I remember sometimes we had to hang the clothes near the kitchen stove to 'thaw' Rofl  Things sure have advanced.
Just as the Lord said there would be increase of knowledge... and to think all in less than half a century.

[Soldier4Christ]

yeah, I wan't in boot camp. But I remember sometimes we had to hang the clothes near the kitchen stove to 'thaw' Rofl  Things sure have advanced.
Just as the Lord said there would be increase of knowledge... and to think all in less than half a century.

In some ways I think it has been a decrease in knowledge. Many of the young people don't know how to handle things in order to survive if the power goes off.