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1903 US Statisics - Old Advertisements - Old Postcards - Pres Harrison Memorial in the Falls

 

 

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Here is an ad for Malt-Nutrine from Anheuser-Busch 1896..Picture a man sitting in an easy chair,
with a mother dressed to kill with a baby in her arms!
The ad reads:   A MAN WITH A FAMILY should study its needs: wholesome food, proper clothing, good air,
 exercise and (not the least necessary) an occasional tonic. For debility will creep in. ANHEUSER-BUSCH'S  Malt-Nutrine is a FOOD DRINK. One sup of it will give you more grain strength-actual nourishment- then a dozen loaves of bread.
It gives consumptives and sufferers from wasting diseases  greater strength and healthy flesh, and gives nursing mothers just  the nourishment they want. To be had at all druggists and grocers. Prepared by Anheuser-Busch  Brewing Association,
St. Louis, U.S.A. Send for handsomely illustrated colored booklets  and other reading matter.

Match Book

Ad for Ivory Soap...No graphics
.IVORY
SOAP
It Floats
No other soap is found in so many homes.
The Proctor & Gamble Co. Cincinnati

The above ads were taken from the Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. 552 May, 1896

 



Here are the US statistics for 1903....

The average life expectancy in the US was forty-seven (47).

Only 14 Percent of the homes in the US 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 US 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. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the
21st most populous state in the Union.

The average US 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.

More than 95 percent of all births in the US took place at home.

Sugar cost four cents a pound.

Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.

Coffee cost 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 prohibiting poor people from entering the country for
any reason.

The five leading causes of death in the US were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and
Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was 30.

Canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.

There were no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

One in ten US 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
corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the
complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the
bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."

Eighteen percent of households in the US had at least one full-time servant
or domestic.

There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire US.