P. "TISH" MALONEY — Candidate for the Nomination for County Commissioner On the Democratic Ticket

The Butte Miner, Butte, 1918-08-18, p.24

Summary

Paid political advertisement placed by Tish Maloney in the Butte Miner of Sun 18 Aug 1918, page 24, headed P. "TISH" MALONEY, Candidate for the Nomination for County Commissioner On the Democratic Ticket: an uncaptioned portrait and a signed statement to "the voters of Silver Bow county" promising "Good, durable, substantial roads" and that "this county's money is spent in permanent work only." Full text in transcription.md (read from the image 4 Oct 2026). Catalogued so the citation is findable; sits within Tish's mid-1910s Butte civic profile (alderman elected April 1917; baseball joke July 1918 just a month earlier).

In its time

Narrative

P. "Tish" Maloney advertises his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for county commissioner of Silver Bow county, his portrait printed above a short address to the voters. He pledges to serve the interests of all the people and to see that county money goes only to permanent work, singling out good, durable roads as a necessity.

“Good, durable, substantial roads are a necessity, and I propose to see that this county's money is spent in permanent work only.”

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People

Patrick "Tish" Maloughney (1883–1958; "Tish Maloney" in print; JJM's best friend by family tradition; Chatham cousin of Aggie Kelly)(as printed: P. "TISH" MALONEY)
role: candidate self ad · family confidence: 75 strong

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)

Themes

Story threads

The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980

Source type

Related sources

Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

# P. "TISH" MALONEY *The Butte Miner, Sunday, August 18, 1918, p. 24 (date from the Newspapers.com caption; the clipping itself shows the page number and, cut off at its edge, the start of the running head, "Sund"). Paid political advertisement. Read from the clipping image by claude-sonnet-5-5; proofed by claude-opus-5-5, 4 Oct 2026.* ### Candidate for the Nomination for County Commissioner On the Democratic Ticket [portrait: half-tone photograph of a man; no caption] A word to the voters of Silver Bow county: In the event of my nomination and election to the office of county commissioner for Silver Bow county, I promise to devote my energies to the best interests of all the people. Good, durable, substantial roads are a necessity, and I propose to see that this county's money is spent in permanent work only. "TISH" MALONEY. (Paid Political Advertisement.)

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Open questions

Did he win the Democratic nomination for county commissioner? The 1918 primary returns in the Butte papers would say.