The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1906 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 180
... Agriculture . ) THE total wooded area in the United States is estimated at 1,094.514 square miles , or about 699,500,000 acres , which is 36 % per cent , of the total land area , exclusive of Alaska . The lumber industry is fourth among ...
... Agriculture . ) THE total wooded area in the United States is estimated at 1,094.514 square miles , or about 699,500,000 acres , which is 36 % per cent , of the total land area , exclusive of Alaska . The lumber industry is fourth among ...
Page 238
... Agriculture for 1890-1904 . YEARS . Indian Corn . Wheat . Oats . Barley . Rye . Buckwheat . Bushels . Bushels . Bushels . Bushels . Bushels . Bushels . 1860 .. 838,792,742 173,104.924 172.643,185 15.825,898 21,101,380 1870 760,944,549 ...
... Agriculture for 1890-1904 . YEARS . Indian Corn . Wheat . Oats . Barley . Rye . Buckwheat . Bushels . Bushels . Bushels . Bushels . Bushels . Bushels . 1860 .. 838,792,742 173,104.924 172.643,185 15.825,898 21,101,380 1870 760,944,549 ...
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... Agriculture - Baron Artur Feilitzsch . Minister Justice - Bart . Lamje . Minister for Croatia - Stephen Kovacevics . Minister Education & Worship - George Lukacs . BELCIUM . Minister Agriculture - M . Francotte . Minister Justice - M ...
... Agriculture - Baron Artur Feilitzsch . Minister Justice - Bart . Lamje . Minister for Croatia - Stephen Kovacevics . Minister Education & Worship - George Lukacs . BELCIUM . Minister Agriculture - M . Francotte . Minister Justice - M ...
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