The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1904 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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... N. Y. City ... 90 Feeble - Minded 387 Fencing Fermented Liquors . Ferries from New York City ... 527 Fiction in 1903 .. .290 " Templars , Order of ........ 821 Government.U.S . , Income , etc. 175 431-438 Governments of the Earth ...
... N. Y. City ... 90 Feeble - Minded 387 Fencing Fermented Liquors . Ferries from New York City ... 527 Fiction in 1903 .. .290 " Templars , Order of ........ 821 Government.U.S . , Income , etc. 175 431-438 Governments of the Earth ...
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... York City .... Popular & Electoral ... 445,446 Unitarians , Number of ..... 327 , 329 Voters , Registration of ... United American Mechanics . , 325 Qualifications for .... St. Louis World's Fair .. ii - lxiv , 181 UNION ARMY SOCIETIES ...
... York City .... Popular & Electoral ... 445,446 Unitarians , Number of ..... 327 , 329 Voters , Registration of ... United American Mechanics . , 325 Qualifications for .... St. Louis World's Fair .. ii - lxiv , 181 UNION ARMY SOCIETIES ...
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... York City . Membership , over 400. Annual dues , $ 5 for resident , $ 3 for non - resident mem- bers , with $ 2 entrance fee for both . Society of Chemical Industry ( New York Section ) . -Chairman , Virgil Coblentz , Chemists ' Club ...
... York City . Membership , over 400. Annual dues , $ 5 for resident , $ 3 for non - resident mem- bers , with $ 2 entrance fee for both . Society of Chemical Industry ( New York Section ) . -Chairman , Virgil Coblentz , Chemists ' Club ...
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