SO YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE OLD WEST?

You want to go back to the Old West? In searching some old files I came across the following information. This is how it was at the end of the 1800’s.

The average life expectancy in the U.S. was forty-seven.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.
The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as “substandard.”
Most women only washed their hair once a month! When they did they used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
The five leading causes of death in the U. S. were: