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(word processor parameters LM=8, RM=75, TM=2, BM=2)
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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
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PO BOX 1031
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Mesquite, TX 75150
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There are ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTIONS
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on duplicating, publishing or distributing the
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files on KeelyNet!
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May 4, 1991
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OLDDAYS.ASC
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This file is included on Keelynet to show just how difficult it was
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just to live in a city in the late 1800's.
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Remember that John Keely (oure board namesake) lived in Philadelphia
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for the 30 some odd years of his researches into acoustic phenomena.
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Also remember that Tesla lived in New York, which must have been
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much worse than Philadelphia due to the larger population.
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The truth behind the "Good Old Days"
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LIfe 100 years ago was a NIGHTMARE!
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The "good old days" weren't really so good - in fact, they were
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absolutely miserable, according to historians. "The men and women
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of 100 years ago should be pitied, not envied," declared Dr. Otto L.
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Bettmann, author of THE GOOD OLD DAYS - THEY WERE TERRIBLE!
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The problems of a century ago included INTENSE POLLUTION,
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nightmarish traffic congestion, nutritionally poor diet, rampant
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disease and other woes, said Dr. Bettmann.
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"With today's city streets clogged with automobiles, the vision of
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a horse and buggy produces strong nostalgia. But it shouldn't."
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"Runaway horses were common. The havoc killed thousands of people.
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According to the National Safety Council, the horse-associated
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fatality rate was 10 times today's car-associated rate. Three
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million horses were kept in American cities at the beginning of the
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20th century, and each horse produced about 25 pounds of MANURE EACH
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DAY.
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Swarms of flies abounded, and stables on every block filled with
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URINE-SATURATED HAY added to the stench.
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Food was terrible, too, Dr. Bettmann added. "Food was tampered
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with. For example, to improve the color of milk from diseased
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cattle, they frequently ADDED PLASTER OF PARIS.
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"Bakers preserved their dough with doses of alum and sulphur of
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copper. Customers were continually enraged to discover CHUNKS OF
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FOREIGN MATTER in their loaves, such as oven ash and grit."
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Dwellings were substandard and domestic chores difficult, he added.
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"Almost no homes had running water, so people SELDON BATHED. Cooking
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was a monumental task. And laundry was physically punishing labor
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because no washing machines or 'miracle' detergents existed."
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"Apartment houses were often dismal - with vile privies, dirt-filled
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sinks, slop oozing down stairwells and plumbing pipes pockmarked
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with holes that emitted foul, flammable sewer gases. The threat of
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diphtheria, smallpox, typhoid and yellow fever was widespread."
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Concluded Dr. Bettmann; "Compared to the people of 100 years ago,
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we're very, very lucky!"
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If you have comments or other information relating to such topics
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as this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the
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Vangard Sciences address as listed on the first page.
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Thank you for your consideration, interest and support.
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Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson
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