The Anaconda Standard, 1903-10-18, p.25

The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, 1903-10-18, p.25

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Summary

Society note: a surprise party given for Miss Ethel Prisk at her home at 606 East Mercury street on Thursday evening. Games, music, dancing, midnight lunch. Long list of named attendees (~50 women and men). The user clipped this for "Tish at surprise party" — Tish Maloney is named in the attendee list. Also present among Murphy-relevant names: Jimmie Murphy.

Narrative

Miss Ethel Prisk is given a surprise party at her home, 606 East Mercury street, on Thursday evening, with games, music and dancing and a lunch served at midnight. The guest list runs to some fifty names, among them Marguerite Kelly, Agnes Sullivan, Mamie Donnelly, Jimmie Murphy and Tish Maloney, along with Mrs. Prisk, Mrs. Bray and Mrs. Jeffrys.

“The evening was spent with games, music and dancing and at midnight a dainty lunch was served.”

AI-generated (claude-opus-5). Verify against the transcription before quoting.

People

Patrick "Tish" Maloughney (1883–1958; "Tish Maloney" in print; JJM's best friend by family tradition; Chatham cousin of Aggie Kelly)(as printed: Tish Maloney)
role: party attendee · family confidence: 95 certain

Also mentioned

Jimmie Murphy · party_attendee
Surname + first name + Anaconda 1903 social circle. Logged here as namesake; no positive family alignment.
Marguerite Kelly · party_attendee
Kelly is on the user's associated-families list.
Miss Ethel Prisk · party_hostess
Mrs. Prisk · hostess_mother
Annie Lowry · party_attendee
Janie Hill · party_attendee
Agnes Sullivan · party_attendee
Mary McLeod · party_attendee
Rose Cushine · party_attendee
Annie Honeychurch · party_attendee
Esther McLeod · party_attendee
Bessie Honeychurch · party_attendee
Florence Nute · party_attendee
Jessie McLeod · party_attendee
Bertha James · party_attendee
Mamie Powers · party_attendee
Lena Bowman · party_attendee
Julia Quill · party_attendee
Edna Humes · party_attendee
Addie Campbell · party_attendee
Jennie Harrington · party_attendee
Mamie Donnelly · party_attendee
Annie Bray · party_attendee
Laura Cosgrove · party_attendee
Emily Johnson · party_attendee
Florence Cushine · party_attendee
Kate McLeod · party_attendee
Jane Dower · party_attendee
Myrtle Bray · party_attendee
Eva Veale · party_attendee
Thomisine Curveth · party_attendee
Victoria Hammer · party_attendee
Mrs. Jeffrys · party_attendee
Mrs. Bray · party_attendee
Willie Williams · party_attendee
Isaac Williams · party_attendee
Jimmie Doyle · party_attendee
Edward Griffin · party_attendee
Walter Duffy · party_attendee
Tom Lowry · party_attendee
Arthur Kendall · party_attendee
Walter McLeod · party_attendee
Hugh McLeod · party_attendee
Angus McLeod · party_attendee
John Harrington · party_attendee
Austin Terry · party_attendee
Fred Lewis · party_attendee
Albert Harris · party_attendee
James Harris · party_attendee
Arthur Penhall · party_attendee
Ira McConkey · party_attendee
Will Kane · party_attendee
Tom James · party_attendee
Simon Vivian · party_attendee
Joe James · party_attendee
Joe Savage · party_attendee
James Donnelly · party_attendee
Harry Moore · party_attendee

Places

Anaconda, Montana (primary)
Montana (context)

Themes

Musical performance

Source type

news_item, society_column

Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

# Transcription — The Anaconda Standard, 1903-10-18, p.25 **Source**: The Anaconda Standard (Anaconda, Montana), Sunday 18 October 1903, p.25. **Status**: Complete. **Method**: Read against the page scan (`archive/pages/1903-10-18_anaconda-standard_p25/fullpage.jpg`), Society column, column 3. A fragment ("Marion Weston and Miss Turner.") visible above the clip boundary is the end of a separate society item and is not transcribed. The running head prints no page number. --- A delightful surprise party was given Miss Ethel Prisk at her home, 606 East Mercury street, on Thursday evening. The evening was spent with games, music and dancing and at midnight a dainty lunch was served. The invited guests were the Misses Annie Lowry, Janie Hill, Marguerite Kelly, Agnes Sullivan, Mary McLeod, Rose Cushine, Annie Honeychurch, Esther McLeod, Bessie Honeychurch, Florence Nute, Jessie McLeod, Bertha James, Mamie Powers, Lena Bowman, Julia Quill, Edna Humes, Addie Campbell, Jennie Harrington, Mamie Donnelly, Annie Bray, Laura Cosgrove, Emily Johnson, Florence Cushine, Kate McLeod, Jane Dower, Myrtle Bray, Eva Veale, Thomisine Curveth, Victoria Hammer, Ethel Prisk, Mrs. Jeffrys. Mrs. Bray, Mrs. Prisk, Messrs. Willie Williams, Isaac Williams, Jimmie Doyle, Edward Griffin, Walter Duffy, Tom Lowry, Arthur Kendall, Walter McLeod. Hugh McLeod, Angus McLeod, Jimmie Murphy, John Harrington, Austin Terry, Fred Lewis, Albert Harris, James Harris, Arthur Penhall, Ira McConkey, Tish Maloney, Will Kane, Tom James, Simon Vivian, Joe James, Joe Savage, James Donnelly and Harry Moore. *[Text checked against the page scan at 2.6x, 21 Oct 2026, starting from the tile-by-tile page reading of 20 Oct 2026 (which read the article at 4x). The full stops after "Jeffrys" and "Walter McLeod" are as printed.]*

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Open questions

Tish Maloney recurs in user-research orbit (per filename flagging). What is her significance to the family arc? Promote to a `person_*` entry if she appears in another clip.
Jimmie Murphy of Anaconda 1903 — surname + first name + place. Possibly a young Murphy family member; possibly a one-off.