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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 275294" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>My mom sent this to me:</p><p> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>THE YEAR 1909</strong></span></span></span></span></u></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! </strong></span></span></span><span style="color: black"></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: black"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black">The year is 1909. </span></span></strong></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: black"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black">One hundred years ago. </span></span></strong></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: black"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black">What a difference a century makes! </span></span></strong></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: black"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black">Here are some statistics for the Year 1909 :</span></span></strong></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: #ff1717"><span style="color: #ff1717"><strong><em>************ ********* ********* ******</em></strong></span></span></span></span></em></strong> </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>The average life expectancy was </strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>47 years.</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone..</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Of paved roads.</strong></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>The tallest structure in the world was the </strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><u><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><strong>Eiffel</strong></span></span></span></u></strong><strong><u><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><strong>Tower</strong></span></span></span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>!</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>The average wage in 1909 was 22 cents per hour.</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year .</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, </strong></span></span></span><span style="color: black"></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: black"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black">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.</span></span></strong></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>More than 95 percent of all births took place at </strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #dd0000"><span style="color: #dd0000"><strong><em>HOME</em></strong></span></span></span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> .</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black">Ninety percent of all doctors had </span></span></strong><strong><em><u><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #c60000"><span style="color: #c60000"><strong><em>NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!</em></strong></span></span></span></u></em></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which</span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Were condemned in the press <u>AND</u> the government as 'substandard. '</span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Sugar cost </strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>four cents a pound.</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Eggs were </strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>fourteen cents a dozen.</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Coffee was </strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>fifteen cents a pound.</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Most women only washed their hair </strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>once a month, and used</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.</span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><u><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><strong>Canada</strong></span></span></span></u></strong><span style="font-size: 15px">passed a law that prohibited poor people from</span> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Entering into their country for any reason.</span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><u><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Five leading causes of death were:</strong></span></span></span></u></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>1. Pneumonia and influenza </strong></span></span></strong></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">2. Tuberculosis </span></span></strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">3. Diarrhea </span></span></strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">4. Heart disease </span></span></strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">5. Stroke</span></span></strong></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>The American flag had 45 stars.</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>The population of </strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><u><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><strong>Las Vegas</strong></span></span></span></u></strong><strong><u><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><strong> , </strong></span></span></span></u></strong><strong><u><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><strong>Nevada</strong></span></span></span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>, was only 30!!!!</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Hadn't been invented yet.</strong></span></span></strong> </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>There was no Mother's Day or </strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Father's Day.</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write.</strong></span></span></span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school..</strong></span></span></strong> </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong>Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, <em><em>'Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind,regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health</em></em></strong></span></span></span></strong> </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">( Shocking? DUH! )</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Eighteen percent of households had at least</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">One full-time servant or domestic help.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>There were about 230 reported murders in the <em><u><em>ENTIRE !</em></u></em> </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><em><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>U.S.A.</em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></u></em></strong><strong><em><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em> !</em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></u></em></strong></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #b90000"><span style="color: #b90000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>I am now going to forward this to someone else without typing it myself. </em></strong></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #b90000"></span></span></em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #b90000"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #b90000">From there, it will be sent to others all over the</span></span></span></strong></em></span></span></em></strong><strong><em><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: teal"><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>WORLD</em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></u></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #b90000">- all in a matter of seconds!</span></span></span></em></strong></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><em><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: #ff0606"><span style="color: #ff0606"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>IT STAGGERS THE MIND</em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></u></em></strong></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 275294, member: 3444"] My mom sent this to me: [CENTER][B][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]THE YEAR 1909[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=black] [B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black]The year is 1909. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black]One hundred years ago. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black]What a difference a century makes! [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black]Here are some statistics for the Year 1909 :[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/B] [CENTER][B][I][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=6][COLOR=#ff1717][COLOR=#ff1717][B][I]************ ********* ********* ******[/I][/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I][/B] [COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]The average life expectancy was [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]47 years.[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone..[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Of paved roads.[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]The tallest structure in the world was the [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][U][SIZE=5][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal][B]Eiffel[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B][B][U][SIZE=5][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal][B]Tower[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B][B][SIZE=2][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]![/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]The average wage in 1909 was 22 cents per hour.[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year .[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=black] [B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black]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.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]More than 95 percent of all births took place at [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][I][SIZE=5][COLOR=#dd0000][COLOR=#dd0000][B][I]HOME[/I][/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/I][/B][B][SIZE=2][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B] .[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black]Ninety percent of all doctors had [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][I][U][SIZE=5][COLOR=#c60000][COLOR=#c60000][B][I]NO COLLEGE EDUCATION![/I][/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/I][/B] [CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Were condemned in the press [U]AND[/U] the government as 'substandard. '[/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Sugar cost [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]four cents a pound.[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Eggs were [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]fourteen cents a dozen.[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Coffee was [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]fifteen cents a pound.[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Most women only washed their hair [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]once a month, and used[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.[/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][U][SIZE=5][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal][B]Canada[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B][SIZE=4]passed a law that prohibited poor people from[/SIZE] [CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Entering into their country for any reason.[/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Five leading causes of death were:[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B] [CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][B]1. Pneumonia and influenza [/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER][B] [B][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]2. Tuberculosis [/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]3. Diarrhea [/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]4. Heart disease [/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]5. Stroke[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]The American flag had 45 stars.[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]The population of [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal][B]Las Vegas[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B][B][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal][B] , [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B][B][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal][B]Nevada[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B][B][SIZE=2][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B], was only 30!!!![/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][B]Hadn't been invented yet.[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]There was no Mother's Day or [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Father's Day.[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write.[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][B]Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school..[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [COLOR=black][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B]Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, [I][I]'Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind,regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health[/I][/I][/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [/CENTER] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]( Shocking? DUH! )[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [CENTER][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][/FONT][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B]Eighteen percent of households had at least[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [CENTER][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]One full-time servant or domestic help.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][/FONT][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B]There were about 230 reported murders in the [I][U][I]ENTIRE ![/I][/U][/I] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][I][U][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal][FONT=Arial][B][I]U.S.A.[/I][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/I][/B][B][I][U][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][I] ![/I][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/I][/B] [CENTER][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][/FONT][B][I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#b90000][COLOR=#b90000][FONT=Arial][B][I]I am now going to forward this to someone else without typing it myself. [/I][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=#b90000] [I][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#b90000]From there, it will be sent to others all over the[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/I][/B][B][I][U][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=teal][COLOR=teal][FONT=Arial][B][I]WORLD[/I][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/I][/B][B][I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#b90000]- all in a matter of seconds![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I][/B] [CENTER][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][/FONT][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B]Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [CENTER][B][I][U][FONT=Arial][SIZE=6][COLOR=#ff0606][COLOR=#ff0606][FONT=Arial][B][I]IT STAGGERS THE MIND[/I][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/I][/B][/CENTER] [CENTER][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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