The government Printing Office in Washington D.C., is a source of much useful information but few people know about it.The GPO which is the official publishing house for the federal government publishes pamphlets and books on a vast number subjects.These subjects range from the dangers of X-rays from home TV sets to the identification of mushrooms. About 27.000 publications are offered through the Superintendent of Documents;many of which are inexpensive. There is no charge at all for some.
A man reaped America's first fortune.He was John Jacob and a German immigrant, lowborn and uneducated.He made his initial money trading Indian furs.Astor never learned to speak English properly but he carried on his business to the end in an accent which was redolent of the Hamburg gutters.