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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... largest Legislature 590 71 Marriage , divorce laws 307 , 308 Mountains 179 Museums 498 , 499 Name , origin of .176 Protestant ( history ) 710-711 Descriptive 193 Population ( 1960 , 1790-1950 ) -Merger 88 Explosion ( 1944 ) 160 252 ...
... largest Legislature 590 71 Marriage , divorce laws 307 , 308 Mountains 179 Museums 498 , 499 Name , origin of .176 Protestant ( history ) 710-711 Descriptive 193 Population ( 1960 , 1790-1950 ) -Merger 88 Explosion ( 1944 ) 160 252 ...
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... largest wholesale market ( after New York , Chicago and Philadel- phia ) , Boston handles over half of all New England output . It is the largest wool market and one of the three largest rubber manufacturing centers in the U. S. It ...
... largest wholesale market ( after New York , Chicago and Philadel- phia ) , Boston handles over half of all New England output . It is the largest wool market and one of the three largest rubber manufacturing centers in the U. S. It ...
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... Largest county . Largest city in area .. Northernmost town . Northernmost point . Southernmost city . Southernmost town . Southernmost point . Easternmost town .. Easternmost point Westernmost point . Mountains and Country Feet ...
... Largest county . Largest city in area .. Northernmost town . Northernmost point . Southernmost city . Southernmost town . Southernmost point . Easternmost town .. Easternmost point Westernmost point . Mountains and Country Feet ...
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