100 Years

I do not send a lot of these out but I enjoyed this and you might
as well.
Thanks to Stinson Clark
      The Year is 1906 -- one hundred years ago.
      Here are some of the CANADIAN statistics for the Year 1906:
      The average life expectancy in Canada was 47 years.
      Only 14 percent of the homes in Canada had a bathtub.
      Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
      A three-minute call from Montreal to Toronto cost eleven
dollars.
      There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S. and Canada, 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 in Canada was 22 cents per hour.
      The average Canadian worker made between $200 and $400 per
year.
      A competent accountant could expect to earn $2,000 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 in Canada took place at
home.
      Ninety percent of all Canadian 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 (but not yogurt).
      Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from
entering into their country for any reason.
      Five leading causes of death were:
           1. Pneumonia and influenza
           2. Tuberculosis
           3. Diarrhoea
           4. Heart disease
           5. Stroke
      The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!
      Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea had not been
invented yet.
      There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
      Two out of every 10 Canadian adults could not read or
write.
      Only 6 percent of all Canadians 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."
      Eighteen percent of households in Canada had at least one
full-time servant or domestic help.
      And I forwarded this from someone else without typing it
myself, and sent it to you in a matter of seconds!
      What a difference a century makes!
      Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years!
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