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ceutical  education  and  the  true  advancement  of  pharmacy  will  find  this  article, 
of  which  reprints  have  been  made,  of  great  interest. 
Prof.  William  M.  Searby  was  one  of  the  chief  sufferers  from  the  fire 
following  the  recent  earthquake  in  California.  In  a  note  from  him,  dated  May 
nth,  he  writes  :  "I  lost  everything  by  the  fire,  but  worst  of  all  my  library, 
records,  data,  etc.    But  I  am  well  and  never  was  in  better  spirits." 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  twenty-ninth  annual 
meeting  will  be  held  in  the  Glen  Summit  Springs  Hotel,  Luzerne  County,  June 
26,  27  and  28,  1906.  The  first  session  will  be  opened  on  Tuesday,  June  26th,  at 
2.30  P.M. 
The  hotel  where  the  meeting  will  be  held  is  first  class  in  all  its  accommoda- 
tions, and  is  located  amidst  the  most  magnificent  mountain  scenery  to  be  found 
in  the  country.  It  is  2,000  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea,  on  the  crest  of  Mt. 
Nescopec,  in  the  hill  country  of  northeastern  Pennsylvania.  The  attendance 
this  year  will  be  large.  There  will  be  valuable  reports  presented,  and  interest- 
ing papers  read  and  discussed.  The  officers  of  the  Association  urge  all  the 
members  to  come,  especially  those  who  have  never  attended  a  meeting.  Mr. 
George  P.  Raser,  Local  Secretary,  429  Arch  Street,  Philadelphia,  has  charge  of 
all  the  local  arrangements  for  the  meeting. 
Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  twenty-eighth  anuual 
convention  will  be  held  in  Cedar  Point,  on  Lake  Erie,  Ohio,  on  the  26th,  27th, 
28th  and  29th  of  June,  1906,  with  headquarters  at  the  Breakers'  Hotel. 
A  special  train  will  leave  the  Grand  Central  Depot  over  the  Big  Four  Railroad 
at  8.10  a.m.,  Tuesday  morning,  the  26th  of  June.  This  train  will  carry  the 
Cincinnati  delegation  through  without  change  to  Sandusky.  Take  the  boat  at 
Cedar  Point  dock.  For  further  particulars  and  schedule  of  other  delegations 
address :  George  B.  Kauffman,  Columbus  Delegation,  Front  and  Chestnut 
Streets,  Columbus,  O. ;  Eugene  R.  Selzer,  Cleveland  Delegation,  Superior 
Street,  Cleveland,  O.;  T.  B.  Huston,  Toledo  Delegation,  Toledo,  O.;  Frank 
Amann,  Portsmouth  Delegation,  Portsmouth,  O. ;  H.  F.  Vortkamp,  Lima  Dele- 
gation, Lima,  O.;  W.  M.  Beal,  Eastern  Delegation,  Steubenville,  O.;  C.  S. 
Ashbrook,  Northeastern  Delegation,  Mansfield,  O. 
The  Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Association  meets  at  Pertle  Springs 
(Warrensburg),  June  12th  to  15th  inclusive.  In  addition  to  the  usual  interest- 
ing and  varied  programme,  the  Committee  on  U.S. P.  will  this  year  occupy  much 
of  the  time  and  attention  of  the  convention.  Chairman  William  Mittelbach, 
of  Booneville,  has  arranged  for  a  display  of  all  of  the  U.S. P.  VIII  drugs. 
These  wTill  be  examined  and  discussed  from  the  standpoint  of  the  retail  drug- 
gist and  by  representatives  of  the  Pharmacopoeia.  Chemical,  microscopical, 
polariscopic  and  other  tests  will  be  made  and  discussed. 
Section  of  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dispensing  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  officers  of  the  Section  of  Practical 
Pharmacy  and  Dispensing  cordially  invite  the  co-operation  of  all  retail  phar- 
macists in  the  work  of  this  section. 
