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 191
... miles - 139,440,000 square miles of water and 57,510,000 square miles of land . The approximate area , in square miles , by con- tinents , is Africa , 11,500,000 ; America ( North ) 8,000,000 ; America ( South ) 6,800,000 ; Asia ...
... miles - 139,440,000 square miles of water and 57,510,000 square miles of land . The approximate area , in square miles , by con- tinents , is Africa , 11,500,000 ; America ( North ) 8,000,000 ; America ( South ) 6,800,000 ; Asia ...
Page 395
... miles over dirt road to camp site . UP STATE PARKS Taconic , at Copake Falls ( 6,000 acres ) and Rudd Pond at Millerton ( 200 acres ) , 90 miles from N. Y .; Lake Taghkanic ( 750 acres ) , 115 miles from N. Y .; Clarence Fahnestock ...
... miles over dirt road to camp site . UP STATE PARKS Taconic , at Copake Falls ( 6,000 acres ) and Rudd Pond at Millerton ( 200 acres ) , 90 miles from N. Y .; Lake Taghkanic ( 750 acres ) , 115 miles from N. Y .; Clarence Fahnestock ...
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... miles , Greyhound * , Indianapolis , Ind . , Sept. 14 , 1937 , 3.0212 . 2 miles , Greyhound * , Indianapolis , Ind . , Sept. 19 , 1939 , 4:06 . 2 miles on half - mile track , Peter Manning , Birm- ingham , Ala . , Oct. 23 , 1925 , 4.23 . 3 ...
... miles , Greyhound * , Indianapolis , Ind . , Sept. 14 , 1937 , 3.0212 . 2 miles , Greyhound * , Indianapolis , Ind . , Sept. 19 , 1939 , 4:06 . 2 miles on half - mile track , Peter Manning , Birm- ingham , Ala . , Oct. 23 , 1925 , 4.23 . 3 ...
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