Friday, May 16, 2014

Flash back Friday!

One hundred years ago...

Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour workday and a daily wage of $5.

Belgian surgeon Albert Hustin makes the first successful non-direct blood transfusion, using anticoagulants.

Woodrow Wilson signs a Mother's Day proclamation.

Baseball legend Babe Ruth makes his major league debut with the Red Sox.

First electric traffic light is installed between Euclid Avenue and East 105 Street, Cleveland, Ohio

The Panama Canal is inaugurated with the passage of the SS Ancon.

The first everyday items made of stainless steel come into public circulation.

Federal spending was 0.73 billion

The population was 99,111,000

Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day
Here's one for my man - 1st US motorcycle race was held in Dodge City, KS. It was300 miles.

The average house cost $6156

A movie ticket was .07

An ounce of gold was $20.16

A 1914 Dodge cost $500. Which was A LOT considering the average wage was only $577.

A gallon of gas would set you back .12

Montana congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, became the first woman in Congress.

Martha, the last surviving Passenger Pigeon died on September 1, 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo, the species having been commercially hunted to extinction.

The J.L. Kraft Bros. cheese factory was founded by James L. Kraft in Stockton, Illinois - Hooray!!! I love him :-)

Coal was $3.50 a ton and butter was .28 a pound.

W. H. Carrier patents design of the air conditioner. I love this guy too!

Alexis Carrel performs the first successful heart surgery, on a dog. We've come a long way in a 100 years.

The most popular baby names were John and Mary.

The Irish Wolfhound was the most popular dog breed.

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