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In 1900, doctors had not heard of insulin and science had not heard of relativity. Farmers had not heard of tractors, nor bankers of the Federal Reserve System. Merchants had not heard of chain stores, nor military men of camouflage.
The average salary was $750 annually, a loaf of bread cost 9 cents and milk was 32 cents per gallon. Life expectancy was approximately 49 years, the divorce rate was 1/1000, and the national debt was $1.1 billion.
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