The average life expectancy in the United States is 47 years old.

14 percent of homes in the United States have a bathtub.

  8 percent of homes have a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City costs eleven dollars

There are 8,000 autos in the U.S.
There are now 144 miles of paved roads in our country.

                           (private collection of Don Faas)

The speed limit in most cities is 10 mph.

California is now the 21st most populated state, with 1.4 million people.
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee are more heavily populated than California.
Las Vegas, Nevada has a population of 30.

The tallest structure in the world is the Eiffel Tower.

The average wage this year in the U.S. is 22 cents per hour.
The average U.S. worker now makes between $200 and $400 a year.
However, a competent accountant might make $2000 this year.
A dentist expects to earn $2,500, and a mechanical engineer will make about $5,000 this year.

More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. take place at home.
Ninety percent of all U.S. Doctors have no college education. 
They attended what they call medical school, but the press and government call them substandard.

Sugar costs 4 cents a pound.
Eggs are 14 cents a dozen.
Coffee is 15 cents a pound.

Most women wash their hair once a month and use borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Canada passed a law this year that prohibits poor people from entering into their country for any reason.

  8 of 10 adults can read or write.

Six percent of all Americans have graduated from high school.

The five leading causes of death in the U.S. this year are:
1.  Pneumonia and influenza
2.  Tuberculosis
3.  Diarrhea
4.  Heart disease
5.  Stroke

Our flag has 45 stars.
It is our hope that someday Arizona, Oklahoma, and New Mexico might become states.

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea haven't been invented yet.

There is no such thing as Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine are available over the counter at local drugstores.
Our pharmacists tell us, Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health.

There are about 230 reported murders this year in the U.S.A.

What do you suppose it will be like in another 100 years?