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The  Kansas  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  at  its  eighth  annual  meeting  at 
Wichita,  June  8th  and  9th,  and  listened  to  the  address  of  President  Sears, 
and  to  the  reports  of  various  officers  and  committees.  Several  papers  were 
read,  nominations  for  the  State  board  of  pharmacy  were  made,  and  the  fol- 
lowing officers  were  elected  :  R.  S.  Drake,  Beloit,  president :  C.  Lawrence 
Wichita,  and  A.  Totten,  Osage  City,  vice-presidents ;  J.T.Moore,  Lawrence, 
secretary,  and  C.  D.  Barnes,  Abilene,  treasurer.  The  next  meeting  will  be 
held  at  Abilene,  May  17, 1888 ;  E.  E.  Lewis,  local  secretary. 
The  Kentucky  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  tenth  annual  meeting  in 
Louisville,  May  18th,  President  J.  W.  Fowler  in  the  chair.  Besides  the 
president's  address,  and  the  reports  of  officers  and  committees,  a  number  of 
papers,  practical,  statistical  and  ethical  were  read  and  discussed.  By  a  com- 
munication from  State  Auditor  Hewitt,  the  Association  was  informed  that, 
"  under  the  present  law,  a  druggist  can  not  sell  whisky  in  quantities  less  than 
five  gallons,  for  any  purpose,  without  a  license ;  that  the  officers  had  been 
instructed  not  to  enforce  the  laws  rigidly  on  druggists  selling  on  prescrip- 
tions alone ;  but  that  they  were  liable  to  indictment  at  any  time,  unless  they 
procured  a  license."  A  large  committee  was  appointed  to  urge  upon  the 
legislature  various  amendments  relating  to  the  practice  of  pharmacy.  The 
officers  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  are  J.  W.  Fowler,  Louisville,  president ; 
W.  Turner,  Bowling  Green.  W.  S.  Johnson,  Henderson,  and  G.  W.  Fitz- 
gerald, Georgetown,  vice-presidents;  W.  B.  McRoberts,  Stanford,  secretary  ; 
J.  J.  Brooks,  Richmond,  treasurer,  andE.  Y.  Johnson,  Louisville,  correspond- 
ing secretary.  The  next  annual  meeting  will  be  held  in  Henderson  on  the 
second  Wednesday,  May  9,  1888. 
The  Massachusetts  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  the  sixth  annual 
meeting  in  Holyoke,  June  7-9.  An  address  of  welcome  by  the  mayor,  Dr. 
O'Connor  opened  the  sessions,  at  which  President  Canning's  annual  address, 
and  the  reports  of  secretary,  treasurer,  and  of  the  various  committees  were 
read.  Several  papers  were  presented  and  discussed,  and  discussions  were 
had  on  various  practical  subjects.  The  officers  elected  are  J.  H.  Manning, 
Pittsfield,  president ;  B.  F.  Stacey.  Charlestown,  C.  E.  Bard  well,  Holyoke, 
and  J.A.Rice,  Milford,  vice-presidents ;  J.  W.  Colcord,  Lynn,  secretary, 
and  T.  B.  Nichols,  Salem,  treasurer.  A  special  meeting  will  be  held  in 
Boston  in  January  next,  when  the  time  and  place  of  the  next  annual  meet- 
ing will  be  decided  upon. 
Visits  to  various  factories  and  an  excursion  to  Mount  Nonotuck  were 
made  by  the  members  on  this  occasion. 
The  Minnesota  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  in  jSTewUlm  June,  14  and  15, 
President  J.  R.  Jones  in  the  chair.  The  address  of  the  president,  and  the 
reports  of  the  secretary,  treasurer  and  of  the  various  committees  were  re- 
ceived, discussed  and  acted  upon,  and  nominations  were  made  for  filling  the 
'  next  vacancy  in  the  pharmacy  board.  Several  papers  were  read.  The  new 
officers  are  J.  P.  Allen,  St.  Paul,  president ;  E.  F.  Allen,  Minneapolis,  secre- 
tary, and  S.  E.  McMaster,  St.  Paul,  treasurer.  The  next  meeting  will  take 
place  at  Stillwater,  June  12,  1888.  J.  C.  Henning,  local  secretary. 
