1919 is right on the cusp of when the US became majority urban. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization_in_the_United_States#Historical_statistics https://e

1919 is right on the cusp of when the US became majority urban. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization_in_the_United_States#Historical_statistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization_in_the_United_Sta... And those people living outside the cities were unlikely to have electricity still "by the 1920s electricity was not delivered by power companies to rural areas because of the general belief that the infrastructure costs would not be recouped" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_electrification#The_United_States_of_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_electrification#The_Unit... I assume they did have some sort of running water in that they would have a well.