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Witt,  treasurer.  The  association  intends  holding  its  meeting  in  1893  in 
Chicago. 
The  Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  tenth  annual  meet- 
ing at  Grand  Rapids,  August  2,  President  Coleman  in  the  chair.  A  number  of 
papers  were  read,  mostly  giving  the  results  of  work  done  in  the  School  of 
Pharmacy,  University  of  Michigan.  Various  legislative  measures  were  dis- 
cussed, and  the  discussion  of  the  cut-rate  problem  led  to  the  recommendation 
that  the  sale  of  proprietary  articles  handled  by  cutters  be  discouraged,  and  that 
in  their  place  medicines  of  similar  properties,  manufactured  by  or  for  pharma' 
cists,  be  offered  to  the  public.  Stanley  E.  Parkill,  Owosso,  was  elected  presi- 
dent ;  C.  W.  Parsons,  Detroit,  secretary,  and  W.  H.  Dupont,  Detroit,  treasurer. 
It  has  been  proposed  to  meet  next  year  near  Detroit  and  then  adjourn  to 
Chicago. 
The  Minnesota  Pharmaceutical  Association  opened  its  eighth  annual  meet- 
ing at  Duluth,  July  13,  and  adjourned  on  the  following  day,  transacting  mostly 
routine  business,  and  discussing  legislative  measures  and  trade  interests.  A 
paper  on  commercial  glycerin  from  animal  and  vegetable  fats  was  read  by  L.  A. 
Harding.  The  officers  for  the  present  year  are  :  C.  R.  J.  Kellam,  Heron  Lake, 
president,  and  C.  T.  Heller,  St.  Paul,  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  time  and 
place  of  the  next  annual  meeting  will  be  decided  upon  by  a  committee 
appointed  for  the  purpose. 
The  Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Association  had  its  fourteenth  annual  meeting 
June  14,  at  Excelsior  Springs,  where  it  has  met  for  several  years  in  succes- 
sion. In  addition  to  the  president's  address  and  to  the  reports  of  officers  and 
committees,  several  papers  were  read  by  Dr.  Curtman,  G.  H.  C.  Klie  and  others. 
The  present  officers  are  :  G.  H.  C.  Klie,  president  ;  Dr.  Whelpley,  secretary, 
and  G.  J.  Meyer,  treasurer.  The  next  meeting  will  again  be  held  in  the  same 
place  June  13,  1893. 
The  Montana  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  its  second  annual  meet- 
ing, held  at  Butte,  elected  H.  M.  Parchen,  Helena,  president ;  W.  M.  McGinnes, 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  treasurer,  and  J.  B.  Lockwood,  Helena,  secretary. 
The  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  at  its  fourteenth 
annual  meeting  at  Syracuse,  May  24.  The  address  of  President  Ingraham  ; 
the  various  official  reports,  and  certain  trade  interests  afforded  subjects  for 
discussion.  During  the  past  year  a  bill,  originating  with  the  Woman's  Chris- 
tian Temperance  Union,  had  been  before  the  New  York  Legislature  prohibit- 
ing the  sale  of  preparations  of  opium,  cocaine  and  chloral,  except  upon 
physicians'  prescriptions.  A  committee  appointed  to  consult  with  the  W.  C.  T. 
Union  reported  that  the  latter  body  had  promised  not  to  press  the  passage  of 
the  bill  until  after  the  next  session  of  the  legislature  so  as  to  afford  to  drug- 
gists and  apothecaries  the  opportunity  of  discussing  it  thoroughly.  W.  T- 
DuBois,  Catskill,  was  elected  president :  C.  W.  Holmes,  Elmira,  Secretary, 
W.  B.  Fuller,  Oswego,  treasurer,  and  F.  E.  Hatch,  Jamestown,  local  secretary 
for  the  next  meeting  to  be  held  at  Lakewood,  Chautauqua  Lake,  in  June,  1893. 
The  North  Carolina  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  thirteenth  annual 
meeting  at  Raleigh,  August  10,  when  the  reports  of  officers  and  committees 
were  presented,  and  various  matters  of  pharmaceutical  interest  were  discussed. 
