Murphy Family Archive

Summary

Stub record. A society-page social item from Sun 20 Mar 1904 — a report of the east-side young ladies' "Leap Year ride" (1904 was a leap year) which named Tish Maloney among the invitees. Pinned by the user filename. Full transcription pending the post-2026-06-01 vision re-pass. If confirmed, this is the EARLIEST documented Tish Maloney mention in the archive (predates the 1906 Butte City Directory Hennessy-clerk entry by two years) — Tish would have been ~20-21 in 1904, single, in Walkerville-Hennessy social circles.

Narrative

Young ladies of Butte's east side give a Leap Year ride to the four-mile house on Saturday night, two band wagons leaving John T. James's residence at 405 E. Park at 8:30 with a supper served in a decorated dining-hall and a return in the early morning hours. Chaperones included Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boyer, Mr. and Mrs. George Robbins, Mrs. Nuss, Mr. John James, and Mrs. Drinkwater; among the gentlemen invited was Tish Maloney.

“As they swept over the flat south of the city they made the air ring with laughter and songs.”
“The crowd returned in the wee 'sma hours of the morning.”

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 invitee · family confidence: 50 candidate

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)

Themes

Story threads

Source type

society_column

Related sources

Transcription

No transcription.

# Leap Year Ride. *The Butte Miner, Sunday, March 20, 1904, p. 19. Read from the clipping image by claude-sonnet-5-5; proofed by claude-opus-5-5, 4 Oct 2026.* The Leap Year ride, given by the young ladies of the east side last Saturday night at the four-mile house, was a most enjoyable affair. At 8:30 two large band wagons left the residence of Mr. John T. James, 405 E. Park, filled with youn g people determined to enjoy themselves. As they swept over the flat south of the city they made the air ring with laughter and songs. A sumptuous supper was served in a prettily decorated dining-hall. The crowd returned in the wee 'sma hours of the morning. The chaperones were Mrs. and Mr. Harry Boyer, Mrs. and Mr. George Robbins, Mrs. Nuss, Mr. John James, and Mrs. Drinkwater. The young ladies who participated in the affair were as follows: Bessie James, Kate MacLeod, Vivian Hare, Edna Hume, Jessie MacLeod, Mary Ward, Bertha James, May McLeod, Margaret Robbins, Maud James, Alice McLeod, Esther McLeod, Rose Cushing, Katie Rohan, Irene Rohan, Annie Bray, Nell Powers, Lilly Pauli, Mayme Powers, Josephine Snyder, Elizabeth Bowers, Rebecca Bowers. The gentlemen who received invitations were: Walter McLeod, Olaf Winger, Charles Bulwer, John Harrington, Tom James, Hugh McLeod, Ed Kane, John Powell, Dick McLeod, Austin Terry, Sam Hornbeck, Will Humphrey, Tish Maloney, Arb Leonard, Jack McLeod, Jim Doyle, John Kane, Will Kane, Ike Williams, Ame Long, Joe James, Mr. Markham.

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Open questions

Full body transcription pending vision re-pass. Confirm Tish identity (vs another Tish Maloney/Maloughney) and the "Leap Year Ride" party guest list.

Leap Year Ride.