I remember having to wait in line with a lot of people to get the sugar cube thing.
There was a guy on Michael Medved’s show awhile back and he wrote a book about polio. It sounded fascinating. He said that polio was a rich man’s disease and that no poor people ever got polio. In fact, he said that even in the U.S., the people living in squalor, in tenement, or in the very poor parts of town simply did not get polio.
He explained why but I forgot that (duh - the most important part) but I think it had something to do with hygiene and the cleaner the people, the more likely they were to get it.
Interesting, huh?
Back in those days, people didn't ask for help even when it was badly needed..Even the poor were too proud to take welfare even if they could get it...I was born near the end of the depression. You helped your neighbor if you could..My father worked for the city of Detroit (mounted policman) and the city printed their own money called "script" and my mother had to find a store that would actually take it...the store then turned it in to the city for legal money....The world was a lot different in those days....
We had an Ice Box not a refrigerator. The ice man, using a horse drawn cart came down the street twice a week to sell ice...Even the milkman had a horse drawn cart. The milk was left on your door step according to the sign you put out in front of your house...same with the ice man...
At that time, Detroit was one of the largest city's in the country...(it was in the top 8 in terms of population)