The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years old

Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone

A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars

There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S, and only 144 miles of paved roads

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph

Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!

The average wage in the U.S. was 22 Cents per hour

The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400  per year

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
a dentist made $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 per year,  and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at HOME

Ninety percent of all U.S. 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."

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Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.