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A Tribute to "Jersey"

Ode to New Jersey:

New Jersey ...

is a peninsula.

is the only state where all of its counties are classified as metropolitan areas.

has more race horses than Kentucky.

has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq. mi.) than Havana, Cuba.

has the most dense system of highways and railroads in the US.

has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the Diner Capital of the World Here's to the Tic Toc on Rt. 3 and the home to the greatest cheesecake on the planet, the now defunct Claremont Diner.  (The owner has opened a new place called Harrold’s in the Ramada at Raritan Center in Edison.  The sandwiches are over a foot thick, a slice of cheesecake feeds five, and an éclair is as big as Shaq’s shoe! – A must see landmark!)

New Jersey is home to the original mystery pork parts chub (no, not spam) Taylor Ham or Pork Roll. Yo!.....with fried egg & mustard on a hard roll.  Home to the less mysterious but best Italian hot dogs and Italian sausage w/peppers and onions.

has the most stringent testing along our coastline for Water Quality Control than any other seaboard state in the entire country.

has 50+ resort cities & towns, some of the nations' most famous: Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Long Branch & Cape May.

is a leading technology & industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals.

is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

is the world leader in blueberry and cranberry production (and you thought Massachusetts?)

North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world, with seven major shopping malls in a 25 square mile radius.

Highlands, New Jersey has the highest elevation along the entire eastern seaboard, from Maine to Florida.

The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine ride by inventor John P. Holland.
 
Jersey tomatoes are known the world over as being the best you can buy.

Rutgers Cook College has one of the most respected agricultural research departments in the world.

Menlo Park is not just a mall;  It was home to inventor Thomas Edison and was the first place to ever have a street lit by electric lights.  All that is left of his famous labs is a concrete monument with a light bulb atop.  His good friend, Henry Ford, had the entire place moved to Illinois as part of a park museum dedicated to Edison.  Edison also had the first movie studio in NJ.  The old silent movies known for their drama were known as "cliffhangers" because the hero rescued the heroine from the edge of a cliff.  The cliffs were New Jersey's own Palisades.

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Gotta Love NJ

 Three contractors are bidding to fix the White House fence. One from New Jersey, another from Tennessee and the third, Florida.

They go with a White House official to examine the fence.

The Florida contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil.  "Well," he says. "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The New Jersey contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers: "$2,700."

The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"

"Easy," the Jerseyian explains, "$1,000 for you, $1,000 for me and we hire the guy from Tennessee."

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 THE YEAR 1906

What a difference a century makes!
Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year:
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	The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years old.
	Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
	Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
	A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
	There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.
	The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
	Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California.
	With a mere 1.4 million people, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
	The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!
	The average wage in the U.S. was 22 Cents per hour.
	The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400  per year .
	A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
	a dentist made $2,500 per year,
	a veterinarian $1,500 per year,
	and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
	More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at HOME
	Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!
	Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as "substandard."
	Sugar cost four cents a pound.
	Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
	Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
	Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
	Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.

Five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:

1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

	The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
	The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!
	Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.
	There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
	Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.
	Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
	Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores.  Back then pharmacists said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." ( Shocking? DUH! )
	There were about 230 reported Murders in the ENTIRE  U.S.A. !