[From Butte.]

The Daily Missoulian, Missoula, 1914-08-18, p.10

Dateline: Butte, Aug 17.

Summary

Small clipping. Clip-fragment header at the top reads "[dele]gates." Body section heading: "From Butte." Datelined Butte, Aug 17. Butte AOH delegation departing for the Missoula state convention, 17 August 1914: **Men:** James Connolly, John R. Murphy, **Judge J. J. Lynch**, James Cummings, P. J. Sullivan, L. J. Duggan, **J. J. Murphy**, Thomas J. Collins, W. P. McCarty, Maurice J. McDonagh, Vincent J. Doule, J. J. Griffin, P. J. Rohan. **Women (truncated mid-list, clipping cuts off):** Mrs. Mamie Lenahan, Mrs. B. Leary, Mrs. Lizzie Burke, Mrs. B. Murphy, Mrs. Margaret [—]. ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. JJM in the Butte AOH delegation to the state convention at Missoula, August 1914 — five months after he presided over the Butte St Patrick's exercises, less than a year and a half into his second term as county president. The Judge Lynch / JJ Murphy axis travels together. NOTE: the clipping is a fragment (top "[dele]gates" and bottom cut off mid-name); the surrounding article text (preceding paragraph listing other delegations, body of the convention preview) is not captured.

In its time

Narrative

Butte's delegates to the Ancient Order of Hibernians convention at Missoula left on the evening of August 17, 1914, among them James Connolly, John R. Murphy, Judge J. J. Lynch, James Cummings, P. J. Sullivan, L. J. Duggan, J. J. Murphy, Thomas J. Collins, W. P. McCarty, Maurice J. McDonagh, Vincent J. Doule, J. J. Griffin and P. J. Rohan. The accompanying ladies include Mrs. Mamie Lenahan, Mrs. B. Leary, Mrs. Lizzie Burke and Mrs. B. Murphy. [transcription partial u2014 list cut off mid-name]

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

People

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: J. J. Murphy)
role: butte aoh delegate · family confidence: 75 strong
Family confidence aligned with identity confidence 85 on 4 Oct 2026; the reason is in identity_basis.
Judge J. J. Lynch (Silver Bow / Butte AOH)(as printed: Judge J. J. Lynch)
role: butte aoh delegate · family confidence: 0 not family
Not family: recurring Butte AOH figure. Printed-name match to his person record; moved from mentioned in the 2026-10-03 rescan.
James Cummins(as printed: James Cummings)
role: butte aoh delegate · family confidence: 0 not family
Larry Duggan(as printed: L. J. Duggan)
role: butte aoh delegate · family confidence: 0 not family
James Connolly (Butte AOH Division 1 officer; county treasurer 1912)(as printed: James Connolly)
role: butte aoh delegate · family confidence: 0 not family
W. P. McCarthy (W. P. McCarty), president of AOH Division No. 3, Butte(as printed: W. P. McCarty)
role: butte aoh delegate · family confidence: 0 not family
John R. Murphy (Butte AOH Division 1; vice president 1913, president 1914)(as printed: John R. Murphy)
role: butte aoh delegate · family confidence: 0 not family
Maurice J. McDonough (secretary of Butte's 1914 St. Patrick's Day celebration; AOH 1914-1923)(as printed: Maurice J. McDonagh)
role: butte aoh delegate · family confidence: 0 not family
P. J. Sullivan (treasurer, AOH Division 1, Butte, 1913)(as printed: P. J. Sullivan)
role: butte aoh delegate · family confidence: 0 not family
Vincent J. Doyle (financial secretary, AOH Division 3, Butte, 1913)(as printed: Vincent J. Doule)
role: butte aoh delegate · family confidence: 0 not family
Mrs. Mamie Lenahan (Lenihan), Ladies' Auxiliary AOH, Butte Division 1; state secretary(as printed: Mrs. Mamie Lenahan)
role: butte aoh womens auxiliary delegate · family confidence: 0 not family
Mrs. Lizzie Burke (treasurer, Ladies' Auxiliary Division 1, Butte, 1913)(as printed: Mrs. Lizzie Burke)
role: butte aoh womens auxiliary delegate · family confidence: 0 not family

Also mentioned

Thomas J. Collins · butte_aoh_delegate
J. J. Griffin · butte_aoh_delegate
P. J. Rohan · butte_aoh_delegate
Mrs. B. Leary · butte_aoh_womens_auxiliary_delegate
Mrs. B. Murphy · butte_aoh_womens_auxiliary_delegate
Could be a wife of one of the JJM-cluster male Murphys (Mike/Con/John). Held in mentioned only.

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)
Missoula, Montana (primary)

Themes

Irish American community

Story threads

Source type

news_item, list_of_officers

Related sources

Transcription

transcription: partial · confidence high

# [From Butte.] *The Daily Missoulian, Tuesday, August 18, 1914, p. 10. (Clipping fragment — top edge cuts off after "[dele]gates." Bottom edge cuts off mid-name in the women's list.)* [...dele]gates. ## From Butte. Butte, Aug 17. — Among Butte's A. O. H.Irish societiesAncient Order of Hiberniansin America from 1836The largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in America: sick and death benefits for members, St. Patrick’s Day parades, and steady support for Irish nationalism.More in Key terms → delegates to the Missoula convention, who left tonight are: James Connolly, John R. Murphy, Judge J. J. Lynch, James Cummings, P. J. Sullivan, L. J. Duggan, J. J. Murphy, Thomas J. Collins, W. P. McCarty, Maurice J. McDonagh, Vincent J. Doule, J. J. Griffin, P. J. Rohan, and the following ladies: Mrs. Mamie Lenahan, Mrs. B. Leary, Mrs. Lizzie Burke, Mrs. B. Murphy, Mrs. Margaret [—]

Dotted underlines mark key terms on first mention — hover or tab to one for a reference note. The wording is the source’s own.

Open questions

place_missoula_montana — confirm exists in /vocab/places.yaml or add.
Full women's-auxiliary list is truncated mid-name ("Mrs. Margaret [—]"). Worth capturing on page-vision back-pass against the full-page JPG.