The year is 1905.
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!

Here are some of the Canadian statistics for the Year 1905:

The average life expectancy in Canada was 47 years. I just turned 48.

Only 14 percent of the homes 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 was 22 cents per hour.

The average Canadian 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 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 4 cents a pound.
Eggs were 14 cents a dozen.
Coffee was 15 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 the country for any reason.

Five leading causes of death were:
         1. Pneumonia and influenza
         2. Tuberculosis
         3. Diarrhea
         4. Heart disease
         5. Stroke

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 Canadian adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Canadians had graduated from high school.

Heroin and morphine were both 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."

18 percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.

There were about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.

I posted this from someone else without typing it myself, and posted it here in a matter of minutes!

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.