The Year 1908

[Fred M]

_THE YEAR 1908_
This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
The year is 1908.
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1908 : /************ *********
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The average life expectancy was 47 years.
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 wage in 1908 was 22 cents per hour.
The average 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.
_Five leading causes of death were:_ 1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
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 ice 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. 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 drugstores. 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._//_ !_/
/Now I forwarded this from someone else without typing It myself, and
sent it to you and others all over //_Canada & U.S.A_/ /Possibly the
world, in a matter of seconds!/

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. /_IT STAGGERS
THE MIND!!!!!!!!!!!

[ms]

good old days

[zombiewolf]

Did H&R make rifles in 1908?



If I was some poor farmer, back then, would I have been able to afford a 45-70?

[rex6666]

yea you probably would have had a 45-70, but it would more than likly would have been a trap door spring field.
with all that is going on there may not be an other 100 years to report.

[Cheesehead]

In 1908 you often died from a broken leg, abscess tooth, child birth, minor lacerations, many infections, diabetes, or suffered horribly from minor ailments that are easily corrected today.

Cheese

[torpedoman]

abscessed teeth killed more people then than cancer or heart attacks

[oldandslow]

But no one worried about Muslim terrorists or half of Mexico sneaking across the border and staying. I still wouldn't want to return to those times.

[jlchucker]

H & R came out with a great single shot shotgun in that year--the model 1908.  I saw a 16 ga one recently in great shape but someone got their wallet out before I did. 

[PHATINJUN]

"Did H&R make rifles in 1908?" Whut? name of company is H&R 1871 Kurt

[quickdtoo]

Impressive Fred, thanks for sharing!! 

Kurt, H&R 1871 has only been in business since 1991, the original H&R had been in business since 1871.

Tim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H_&_R_Firearms

http://www.hr1871.com/About/default.aspx

[Fred M]

Canada_ passed a law that prohibited poor people from Entering into
their country for any reason.

That I think was quite the law. If still in force in 1951 I would not been able to enter Canada since all I had was $4.50 and the Canadian Gov. advanced the
$155 ships fare to be paid back when ever I could in the next 5 years.

Now we live in a multy cultural country. When we entered Canada near Vancouver from the US a couple of weeks ago. The Canadian border patrol booth was attended by a Chinese that could just barely speak English,
unheard only a few years ago. When you are in Vancouver you would think you
are in Hong Cong

[beemanbeme]

In the Civil War, more folks died from infection than gun shots. 

One of the reasons the "average" age was so low was because the infant mortality was so high. "Childhood diseases" carried off countless children and there were epidemics of measles and scarlet fever that had entire towns quarantined.

[PHATINJUN]

Yes I knew that I was just using the 1871 date as a fact they were making H&R's in 08. Kurt

[zombiewolf]

Yes I knew that I was just using the 1871 date as a fact they were making H&R's in 08. Kurt

Of course I knew H&R was around in 1908, but the question was, did they make make RIFLES then.

All I can find so far is pistols and shotguns.

[PHATINJUN]

I think they were at least making a Springfield clone then .As they had a 100yr replica they sold in 1976 in limited numbers. Kurt