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The  New  Hampshire  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  tenth 
annual  meeting  October  9,  in  Concord.  The  usual  routine  business  was 
transacted,  several  papers  were  read  and  the  following  officers  elected: 
President,  F.  H.  Chapman,  Franklin  Falls  ;  Vice-Presidents,  J.  O.  Bur- 
bank  and  S.  F.  Sanderson  ;  Secretary,  G.  F.  Underhill,  Concord  ;  Treasurer, 
H.  B.  Foster,  Concord.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Lancaster,  the 
<iate  to  be  fixed  by  the  Executive  Committee.. 
The  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  fourth  annual 
meeting  in  the  hall  of  the  Representatives,  at  the  State  Capitol,  in  Spring- 
iield,  October  9  and  10.  President,  Henry  Biroth,  in  the  chair.  Alderman 
Fleury  welcomed  the  Association  on  behalf  of  the  city,  and  Governor 
Hamilton  on  behalf  of  the  State.  The  President  delivered  his  annual 
address,  and  the  Secretary  and  various  committees  presented  their  reports. 
Several  amendments  to  the  by-laws  were  adopted,  among  them  one  striking 
out  the  clause  for  not  admitting  to  the  exhibition  "  proprietary  and  patented 
medicines,  all  medical  preparations  the  complete  working  formula  for 
which  is  withheld,  and  such  preparations  as  are  offered  under  other  than 
their  proper  scientifically  recognized  names."  The  surplus  in  the  hands  of 
the  Entertainment  Committee,  amounting  to  $412.42,  was  received  from  the 
Chicago  druggists,  to  be  invested  for  the  purpose  of  annually  awarding  the 
^*  Chicago  prize"  for  the  best  paper  on  a  subject  to  be  determined  by  the 
'Committee  on  Queries.  A  Committee  of  one  on  Progress  of  Pharmacy  was 
.appointed  to  report,  in  condensed  form,  all  information  possessing  a  special 
practical  interest  to  the  pharmacists  of  Illinois.  Messrs.  P.  J.  Singer,  of 
Peoria,  and  E.  H.  Sargent,  of  Chicago,  were  elected  honorary  members. 
The  officers  for  the  next  year  are:  President,  H.  Le  Caron,  Braidwood; 
Vice-Presidents,  Hugo  W.  C.  Martin,  Chicago  ;  R.  N.  Dodds,  Springfield  ; 
F.  A.  Stevens,  Newton  ;  Secretary,  T.  H.  Patterson,  Chicago  ;  Treasurer, 
M.  Williams,  Taylorville ;  Local  Secretary,  J.  E.  Espey,  Bloomington  ; 
Executive  Committee,  W.  P.  Boyd,  Areola,  Chairman  ;  A.  A.  Brown, 
;Sterling  ;  H.  H.  Green,  Bloomington  ;  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  A.  W.  H. 
Heen,  Peoria  ;  H.  Schroeder,  Quincy  ;  A.  G.  Vogeler,  Chicago.  Several 
papers  were  read  and  the  Association  finally  adjourned  to  meet  next  year 
in  Bloomington,  on  the  last  Tuesday  of  September. 
Missouri  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  Association 
lield  its  fifth  annual  meeting,  October  23d  to  25th,  inclusive,  in  the  Board  of 
Public  School  Directors'  Room,  Polytechnic  Building,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  After 
President  M.  W.  Alexander  had  delivered  an  address  and  a  new  consti- 
tution had  been  adopted,  officers  for  the  ensuing  term  were  elected,  as  fol- 
lows :  President,  O.  A.  Wall,  St.  Louis ;  Vice-Presidents,  H.  C.  Churchill, 
Windsor;  J.  W.  Llewellyn,  Mexico;  J.  A.  Gallagher,  Kansas  City;  Per- 
manent Secretary,  G.  H.  Chas.  Klie,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  ;  Treasurer,  Prof.  J.  M- 
Good.  A  motion  was  adopted  that  in  future  the  newly  elected  officers  are 
not  to  be  installed  until  immediately  previous  to  adjournment  of  the  meet- 
ing at  which  they  had  been  elected.  The  name,  "executive  committee," 
wherever  it  occurs  in  the  constitution  was  changed  to  "  council."  The  fol- 
lowing gentlemen  were  elected  members  of  the  council  :  "  F.  W.  Senne- 
wald,  St.  Louis ;  D.  T.  Wooldridge,  Boonville ;  M.  W.  Alexander,  St. 
