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The year is 1911 — One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1911:
IN AMERICA************ ********* ************
The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars 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 US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour.
The average US 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 took place at home .
Ninety percent of all 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.The Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. StrokeThe American flag had 45 stars…
The population of Las Vegas , Nevada , was only 30!!!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn’t been invented yet.
There was neither a Mother’s Day nor a Father’s Day.
Two out of every 10 adults couldn’t read or write and 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? )
Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help …….
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !
And just two years later the slavery began.
Slavery existed in America before the United States was even founded, way back in the 1600’s.
@gazlan wrote:
And just two years later the slavery began.
but in 1911 Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help so it couldnt have just started in 1913. Maybe became into law but was cerently around before then.
@irish_lucy wrote:
but in 1911 Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help so it couldnt have just started in 1913. Maybe became into law but was cerently around before then.
And who was the master slave to ?
He’s talking about his brand of slavery.
The earliest record of slavery in America is dated 1619, before the United States was founded, before the constitution.
@gazlan wrote:
@irish_lucy wrote:
but in 1911 Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help so it couldnt have just started in 1913. Maybe became into law but was cerently around before then.
And who was the master slave to ?
What?
I’ll just take a stab at this and see if its what your asking/talking about?It was on something like “who do you think you are” when black Americans were crying and giving out about the repression the white people but them under buy starting slaves. But when research was done it was found out that slavery started with rich black people selling poor black people in and around africa, LONG before they were shipped across seas to Bewelys and Guinesses and THEN America.
As for His brand of slavery – again im lost i thought Gaz was English.
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