The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-24

meats. No catsup. no prepared break
fast foods. no soda crackers, 10 maca-
roni- All the coffee had TO be roasted
and ground at home HOuSekRepers
then had very few Of the couven1euces
that thew have today They had no
running water in the house or station
ary washtu6s or clothes wrfngers or
. washing machines or wire clothes lines.
Neither mad they refrigeratOrs OF ice
cream freezers or egg beaters or waffle
irons OF meat grinders or carpet sweep
ers u ammonia OF oCrax or gasoline or
moth balls OF fIy paper or fly screens.
and they had no matches and they
had no electric lights OF gas light, and
no Kerosene
No sewing Machines in Those Days.
There were no sewing machines n
1919 All clothes were made by hand
There were 10 ready-uade things OF
any kind. not even shoes or hats.
Nearly every family spun It's own wool
and flax and made its own thread and
yarn and cloth The clothes for the
boys and girls and the men and women
we're made AT home So also, were the
carpets. the candies. the soap, the mat
treSSHS- and the chairs and tables.
There were 10 furniture factories. no
rea6y-nnada desks OF bookcases or bed
steads OF anything else Such things
as were not made at home were made
10 order BY the shoemaker OF the hat
{
No Clothing Stores at That Time
Clothing stores. shoe stores. hat
torres. furniture stores we're Uuheard
Of
In 1910 nobody wore rubbers- That
was because there we're no rubbers.
There we're 20 rubber goods Of any
Neutrality-suspicious.. waterprOOfs- rain
coats rubber balls pencil erasers. hot
water bags. 0r anything OF that sort
There vas 10 garden hose. no fire hose
There we're 10 water mains. there
were no fire engines When d house
caught fire. men put il out. If they
could. by throwing buckets Of water on
the flames
FfrepIaces we're the only means Of
keeping d house warm. There we're 10
furnaces. no coal stoves Here and
there 4 wealthy family owned a wood
burning stove, but that was q rare
luxury
Steam heating and hot water heat
ing were uudreamed of. So also. were
kitchen ranges and hot water boilers
There were 10 bathrooms.
No Plumbing or Sewers.
There was no plumbing. and the
towns had no sewers And not only
had they TO sewers, but they also had
10 street cars Even horse cars were
unknown All city travel was done
On foot or by means Of horses and car
riages- And if any one veutured out
him lantern with a candle IL IT.
for there we're no street lamps. Elec-
ErICitv and gas and coal oil had not
F yet come into use The moon was the
+ best Light a town could have at night
OF course there were 70 aiTships or
F ante mobiles or motorcycles in 1910
+ Neither were there any bicycles, nor
any trolley cars. and there wereu'
even any railroads. The locomotive
had not yet been invented. and the
steam boat was being tried for the first
time As an experiment.
No Railroads or Steamboats,.
All travel was done on horseback OF
by stage coach. and those who crossed
+ the ocean did It as Columbus did-iu
T q sailing vessel Il was A three days
I Journey from Philadelphia. to Wash
+ i1gtOu- Now you can make the trip in
three hours It took nearly d week
for a letter 70 90 from New York TO
f BCsrO C-as long time as il now re-
+ qutres 70 send 2 letter TO san Fran
cisco OF 70 London, and the cost was