BOND CAMPAIGN FOR THE IRISH REPUBLIC / Captains in All Parts of City Aid Movement; Satisfactory Sales.

The Butte Miner, Butte, 1920-03-04, p.8

Dateline: Anaconda Bureau.

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Update on the Irish bond drive, six weeks into the campaign (drive opened Feb 12 1920, runs to St. Patrick's Day). This is the ANACONDA side of the drive — the Butte Miner's Anaconda Bureau column. Bonds selling more rapidly than anticipated per F. M. Davidson (assistant secretary of the Anaconda branch of the American Commission on Irish Independence). James Murphy is secretary of the Anaconda branch. Two-day sales (Tuesday and Wednesday March 2-3 1920) totaled $1,422.50 (including voluntary pre-drive purchases continuing through Wednesday noon when the official drive opened in Anaconda). Davidson quoted: "From all indications the drive will be even more successful than we had dared hope. No drive has ever been more willingly subscribed to." ANACONDA-SIDE NOTE. James Murphy as secretary of the Anaconda branch is likely DISTINCT from JJM-Centerville-AOH (= person_ james_j_murphy_centerville_aoh), who was named to the SILVER BOW COUNTY committee in the Jan 1920 organising piece (not the Anaconda branch). Anaconda is 25 miles west of Butte and its Irish-American organisations were separate. Two-records rule applies until evidence consolidates.

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The Anaconda drive for the sale of Irish bonds opened Wednesday with captains stationed in all parts of the city, selling faster than anticipated according to F. M. Davidson, assistant secretary of the Anaconda branch of the American Commission on Irish Independence, who runs the drive with secretary James Murphy. Sales for Tuesday and Wednesday, including voluntary purchases made before the official noon opening, totalled $1,422.50.

“From all indications the drive will be even more successful than we had dared hope. No drive has ever been more willingly subscribed to”

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F. M. Davidson · anaconda_branch_assistant_secretary
James Murphy · anaconda_branch_secretary
Of the Anaconda branch — likely distinct from JJM-Centerville-AOH who was on the Silver Bow County committee per the Jan 24 1920 organising piece. Two-records rule.

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Anaconda, Montana (primary)
Butte, Montana (context)
Ireland (subject)

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# BOND CAMPAIGN FOR THE IRISH REPUBLIC ## Captains in All Parts of City Aid Movement; Satisfactory Sales. *The Butte Miner, Thursday, March 4, 1920, p. 8.* **Anaconda Bureau.** The drive for the sale of Irish bonds opened Wednesday. With captains in all parts of the city, the bonds were selling even more rapidly than had been anticipated, according to F. M. Davidson, assistant secretary of the Anaconda branch of the American Commission on Irish Independence, who, with James Murphy, secretary, is in charge of the drive. Sales for Tuesday and Wednesday were $1,422.50, including voluntary purchases, which continued up to Wednesday noon, when the official drive was opened. "From all indications the drive will be even more successful than we had dared hope. No drive has ever been more willingly subscribed to," said Mr. Davidson.

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Open questions

The Anaconda James Murphy (secretary of the Anaconda branch of the American Commission on Irish Independence) is most likely a different person from JJM-Centerville-AOH (Silver Bow County committee). Anaconda's Irish-American leadership was the Phil Sheridan Club + AOH there; the secretary almost certainly came from those Anaconda ranks. Worth a cross-check against Anaconda directory entries.