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To: Hiddigeigei

IF you read the entirety of my posts you will recognize the point I was trying to make.

She was born in 1906 in NE Florida in the middle of nowhere, her birth was not even recorded, there were no doctors to deliver babies back then where she was born a midwife was called, people had babies in their house, the nearest hospital was 40-50 miles away by horse and carriage.

There was no electricity, there were no cars there was nothing except for trying to gather enough food to feed your family.

Her experience was not unique, a large percentage of Americans back then live in rural area and were basic farmers.

The point I was trying to make is for a lot of Americans those things did not exist in 1906.

Heck My Mother grew up in Jacksonville, Fl, a city, she was born in 1930 and the first TV station didn’t come to Jacksonville until 1949 and most people couldn’t afford a TV, even if you had a TV it only got 1 channel.


66 posted on 02/03/2022 3:08:27 PM PST by srmanuel (`)
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To: srmanuel
TV is another matter. Your mother is only two years older than I. I saw my first TV in a store window after I graduated from High School. I was responding to your statement, "100 years ago ... There was no electricity, no one had a car, no one had a telephone ..." I didn't see TV in your comment.
68 posted on 02/03/2022 5:06:42 PM PST by Hiddigeigei (Q)
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