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 235
... acres . Of these , 2,059 acres are in New Jersey , which in- clude 159 acres of right - of - way for the Palisades Interstate Parkway which runs from the George Washington Bridge in New Jersey to the Bear Mountain Bridge in New York . The ...
... acres . Of these , 2,059 acres are in New Jersey , which in- clude 159 acres of right - of - way for the Palisades Interstate Parkway which runs from the George Washington Bridge in New Jersey to the Bear Mountain Bridge in New York . The ...
Page 236
... acres ) . 10 miles S. W. of Sala- wanca ; Lake Erie ( 240 acres ) 7 miles from Dun- kirk ; Cuba Lake ( 650 acres ) near Cuba , N. Y. Buttermilk Falls ( 675 acres ) , 21⁄2 miles S. of Ithaca : Cayuga Lake ( 188 acres ) , 3 miles from ...
... acres ) . 10 miles S. W. of Sala- wanca ; Lake Erie ( 240 acres ) 7 miles from Dun- kirk ; Cuba Lake ( 650 acres ) near Cuba , N. Y. Buttermilk Falls ( 675 acres ) , 21⁄2 miles S. of Ithaca : Cayuga Lake ( 188 acres ) , 3 miles from ...
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... acres , an in- crease of 23,000 acres over the first 8 months of 1962. This involved 9,378 fires , compared to 8,832 fires the previous year . While there was a small increase in acre- age burned due to severe drought in the East , the ...
... acres , an in- crease of 23,000 acres over the first 8 months of 1962. This involved 9,378 fires , compared to 8,832 fires the previous year . While there was a small increase in acre- age burned due to severe drought in the East , the ...
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