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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... largest in the Western Hemisphere . It comprised at the end of the fiscal ear ( June 30 , 1905 ) about 1,300,000 printed books and pamphlets ( including the law library of hich , while a division of the library of Congress , still ...
... largest in the Western Hemisphere . It comprised at the end of the fiscal ear ( June 30 , 1905 ) about 1,300,000 printed books and pamphlets ( including the law library of hich , while a division of the library of Congress , still ...
Page 110
... largest number of votes was declared President , and the one who received the next largest number of votes was declared Vice - President . The electoral votes for the first President of the United States were : George Washington , 69 ...
... largest number of votes was declared President , and the one who received the next largest number of votes was declared Vice - President . The electoral votes for the first President of the United States were : George Washington , 69 ...
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... largest article of export from Porto Rico is coffee , which is over 63 per cent , of the whole . The next largest is sugar . 28 per cent . The other exports in order of amount are tobacco , honey , molasses , cattle , timber , and hides ...
... largest article of export from Porto Rico is coffee , which is over 63 per cent , of the whole . The next largest is sugar . 28 per cent . The other exports in order of amount are tobacco , honey , molasses , cattle , timber , and hides ...
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