1904
 

In part of Dottie Skinner's presentation at our IRD (Michigan) she highlighted what it was like in 1904, to help us get a grasp of what things were like for these women who were so determined to found AGD. It has led me to research some other 1904 facts:

Famous people born in 1904:
Dr. Suess
B.F. Skinner
Joan Crawford
Salvador Dali
Cary Grant

The THIRD summer Olympics games were held in St. Louis Missouri.

Charles E. Menches invents the ice cream cone during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. (in St. Louis)

Theodore Roosevelt was President

The New York City Subway System opened.

The U.S. began construction of the Panama Canal

A first class postage stamp was $.02

Average life expectancy was 47.

Only 14 percent of homes had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

There were 8,000 cars and just 144 miles of paved roads.

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.

More than 95% of all births took place at home.

90% of all physicians had no college education.

Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

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

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.

The average wage in the US was $0.22/hour.

The average US worker made between $200-$400/year.

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000/year,
a dentist $2,500/year, a veterinarian between $1,500-$4,000/year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000/year.


Sugar :$0.04/pound.
Eggs: $0.14/dozen.
Coffee: $0.15/pound
Bread: $0.04/loaf
Milk: $0.29/gal
Car: $500
House: $4,000
Stamp: $0.02/ea
Avg Income: $844/yr
DOW Avg: 70

Crossword puzzles, 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% of all Americans had graduated from HIGH SCHOOL.

Coca Cola contained cocaine.

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."

18% 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.

Some of the most popular songs in 1904:
Blue Bell by Edward Madden
Give My Regards to Broadway by G. Cohan
Good-Bye, Flo by George Cohan
My Honey Lou by Thurland Chattaway
Nan! Nan! Nan! by Edward Madden
She Went to the City by Paul Dresser
Teasing by Cecil Mack
The Trumpeter by Francis Barron


One in ten US adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6% of all Americans had graduated from HIGH SCHOOL.

Yet, these 11 amazing women were in college and had the foresight to found our wonderful Fraternity.

Thank you Emily, Marguerite, Georgia, Estelle, Ethel, Jennie, Mary Loiuse, Edith, Grace, Flora, and Georgia.

LIEP,

Dee

thanks for sharing that dee! it was quite the interesting read.

and i'm still kinda laughing that diarhhea was the third cause of death!

The Coweta County Ga courthouse is also 100 years old!

Yea, Catherine..that's NEWNAN! ;) :D