The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1923 The World Almanac and Book of Facts is a US published reference work and conveys information about such subjects as world changes, tragedies, sports feats, etc. It has been published yearly from 1868 to 1875, and again every year since 1886. The first edition of The World Almanac was published by The New York World newspaper in 1868 (the name of the publication comes from the newspaper itself, which was known as The World). Published just three years after the end of the US Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, its 120 pages of information touched on such events as the process of Reconstruction and the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Publication was suspended in 1876, but in 1886 newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who had purchased The New York World and quickly transformed it into one of the most influential newspapers in the country, revived The World Almanac with the intention of making it a compendium of universal knowledge. The World Almanac has been published annually since. |
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Page 144
... index of manufacturing production dropped slightly , being 115 in 1924 as compared with 116 in 1923. Mineral production rose from 118 in 1923 to 131 in 1924 . Forest products production rose from 111 to 117 . Railroad freight ( ton ...
... index of manufacturing production dropped slightly , being 115 in 1924 as compared with 116 in 1923. Mineral production rose from 118 in 1923 to 131 in 1924 . Forest products production rose from 111 to 117 . Railroad freight ( ton ...
Page 303
... index numbers of total production , which are ob- tained by applying a constant average price to the yearly production of each crop . The second column gives the index of production per capita of population in the United States . INDEX ...
... index numbers of total production , which are ob- tained by applying a constant average price to the yearly production of each crop . The second column gives the index of production per capita of population in the United States . INDEX ...
Page 547
... Index YEAR AND MONTH . Index Index Prices of Purch . Farm Index Index Purch . YEAR Index Index Prices of Purch . Index Farm Purch . Non- Power of Prices of Power of Agricul . Fa mer's 30 Farm Farmer s AND MONTH . Commo . Dollar . Prod ...
... Index YEAR AND MONTH . Index Index Prices of Purch . Farm Index Index Purch . YEAR Index Index Prices of Purch . Index Farm Purch . Non- Power of Prices of Power of Agricul . Fa mer's 30 Farm Farmer s AND MONTH . Commo . Dollar . Prod ...
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