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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Show this to your friends, children and/or grandchildren! </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>THE YEAR IS 1910 This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN><BR>The year is 1910 One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes!</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Here are some statistics for the Year 1910: </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>The <SPAN id=lw_1281753174_0 class=yshortcuts>average life expectancy</SPAN> for men was 47 years.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>The <SPAN id=lw_1281753174_1 class=yshortcuts>maximum speed limit</SPAN> in most cities was 10 mph.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>The tallest structure in the world was the <SPAN id=lw_1281753174_2 class=yshortcuts>Eiffel Tower</SPAN> !</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year <BR>..<BR>A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>A dentist $2,500 per year,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>A veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>And a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Ninety percent of all Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!<BR>Instead, they attended so-called <SPAN id=lw_1281753174_3 class=yshortcuts>medical schools</SPAN>,<BR>Many of which Were condemned in the press AND the government as 'substandard.'</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Sugar cost four cents a pound.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Canada</SPAN></FONT> passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.</P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>The Five <SPAN id=lw_1281753174_4 class=yshortcuts>leading causes of death</SPAN> were: <BR>1. Pneumonia and influenza <BR>2. <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #366388 2px dotted; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1281753174_5 class=yshortcuts>Tuberculosis</SPAN> <BR>3. Diarrhea <BR>4. <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #366388 2px dotted; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1281753174_6 class=yshortcuts>Heart disease</SPAN> <BR>5. Stroke</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>The American flag had 45 stars.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>The population of <SPAN id=lw_1281753174_7 class=yshortcuts>Las Vegas , Nevada</SPAN> , was only 30.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented yet.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>There was no <SPAN id=lw_1281753174_8 class=yshortcuts>Mother's Day</SPAN> or <SPAN id=lw_1281753174_9 class=yshortcuts>Father's Day</SPAN>.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write and Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Back then pharmacists said, '<SPAN id=lw_1281753174_10 class=yshortcuts>Heroin</SPAN> clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, Regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health' </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. ! </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>I am now going to forward this to someone else without typing it myself.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>From there, it will be sent to others all over the WORLD - all in a matter of seconds!</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+0><SPAN>Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. IT STAGGERS THE MIND</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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