Transcriber’s Notes:
Obvious printer’s punctuation errors and omissions have been corrected. Inconsistent hyphenation is retained due to the multiplicity of authors. Ditto marks have been replaced by the text they represent in order to facilitate eBook alignment.
“Assocition” changed to “Association” on page 319. ([under the care of the Association])
On page 324, “rallyin” changed to “rally in”. ([magnificent rally in September])
On the fourth page of advertisements, “magnificient” changed to “magnificent”. ([this magnificent instrument])