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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Why, that was a very good year <g>  Gramma Dorothy was born that year, April 
18th to be exact.

There weren't too many high school graduates because it wasn't mandatory.

I guess Grampa and his siblings were meant to be exceptions.  18 of them and 
they all lived into their 90s, all were born in the 1800s and Uncle Billie 
and Uncle Ernie both made 101.

I'd question the bathtubs thingy.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


> I got this as a forward today and I don't know how much is true, but in
> light of recent homeschooling and career discussions, thought I would
> post it here.  I question the iced tea thing, but whatever.
>
> Bev
>
> Here are some  statistics for the Year  1906 :
>
> The average life expectancy  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 wage was 22 cents per hour.
>
> The average 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.