Cuba's Garden Wonders Bloom in Havana June Nights
Havana reveals a crop of living wonders as trees tower 40 to 80 feet and plants bloom in January. A Woman's Club book, Flowering Plants from Cuban Gardens, catalogs 124 illustrations of royal poinciana, night blooming cereus, shaving brush trees, poinsettia, and other exotic blooms, detailing their English and Spanish explanations and the curious behavior of some species.
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Havana
Cuba
America
Woman’s Club of
United States
Woman's Club
South Carolina
J. R. Poinsett
Mexico
The Rooster Plant Traps Flies for Pollination
The text describes a tall tree used for marbled wood in furniture and a vine known as the rooster plant that traps flies to distribute its pollen. The plant bears 7 inch light green and purple flowers resembling roosters with a fetid odor that lures flies into a V shaped lip where pollen is spread.
Methodists Approve $11 Million Budget for Four Years
The General Conference of the Methodist Church in San Francisco adopted an 11 million dollar general budget for the next four years, the largest since 1939 unification. The world service budget dominates at 9,525,089 dollars, funding administration and educational work. Bishops’ salaries rise from 9,000 to 10,000 dollars. overall expenses increase.
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San Francisco
Methodist Church
World Service
Women’s Societies of Christian Service
Episcopal Fund
Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Pack
A mixed page of word clues for a crossword puzzle with sections on short answers, measurements, and cryptogram. Also includes a cryptogram quote by Longfellow with a sample solved by King Features Syndicate.
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King Features Syndicate
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By Ben F. Meyer
AP News
Methodists
General Administration
P.O
Decatur
Ala
Robinson Furniture Co
P.O. Box
Sassist
P. O
Alabama
2Nd Ave
Daily Crossword
Asia
FSF
Eccl
N. J
Emmet
Linger
Demeanor Hill
Longfellow
Herk KB
Scott
Alabama Public Service Commission
Jack
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