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1 9 0 7 14 OUR YUCAIPA | AUGUST 2016 • Americans had a life expectancy of just 45.6 year s for men and 49.9 for women. Even worse, this was the year that typhoid, an abdomi nal disease spread through water and food supplies, ravaged the nation. Public health officials disc overed that 47 people stricken with the disease were all from families that employed a cook named Mary. "Typhoid Mary" was quickly quarantined. • Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub. • Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. • A threeminute call from Denver to New York City Cost eleven dollars. • There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., 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 people, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union. • The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower! • The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour. • The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. • A competent accountant could expect to earn $2,000 per year, a dentist made $2,500 per year, a veterinarian $1,500 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. • More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. Took place at HOME. • Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had no college education! Instead, they attended socalled 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 in the U.S. 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. • 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 U.S. 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." • There were about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S. Life in 1907 Jan. 1 President Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in one day. April 17 The busiest day of immigration in the history Ellis Island. 1907 is the busiest year ever seen at Ellis Island, with 1.1 million immigrants arriving there. Sept. 12 Lusitania arrives in New York City after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record). Oct. 8-12 The World Series was only four years old in 1907. What's more, Ty Cobb was merely 20. But youth was on the side of the Chicago Cubs as they won the World Series, beating Cobb and his Detroit Tigers four games to none. The Series wasn't without its share of drama — the first game was called because of darkness. Oct. 24 A major American financial crisis is averted when J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, James Stillman, Henry Clay Frick, and other Wall Street financiers create a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plunging New York Stock Exchange, ending the bank panic of 1907, a move which ultimately leads to establishment of the Federal Reserve System. Nov. 16 Oklahoma became the 46th state Dec. 16 Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard New York). Dec. 31 For 1st time a ball drops at Times Square to signal new year.

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