[BITList] 1910 Ford - The Car is beautiful the text below is eye popping

[franka]

Other than the fact it refers to America think its fair comment
frank

*/Can you imagine saying "I am going to run down to the drug store to 
get a gallon of gasoline"?????/**/  All of this was happening before I 
was born.  Simply amazing./*

        *1910 Ford - The Car is beautiful the text below is eye popping*

        *1910 Ford Model R
        *
        cid:1.1401901810 at web161422.mail.bf1.yahoo.com

        *Show this to your friends!

        This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!


        The year is 1910 One hundred years ago. What a difference a
        century makes!

        Here are some statistics for the Year 1910:

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        The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.

        Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.

        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. Diarrhoea
        **4. Heart disease
        5. Stroke

        The 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 no Mother's Day or 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 drug stores.

        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 had at least one full-time
        servant or domestic help.

        There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U. S. A. !

        I am now going to forward this to someone else without typing it
        myself. From there, it will be sent to others *

        *all over the WORLD - all in a matter of seconds!

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


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