Municipal politics

Sources

• 1884-12-18 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.3

  A two-sentence local item in the Jamestown Weekly Alert reporting that Policeman Murphy was retired from the police force the previous Thursday morning by actin…

• 1885-04-09 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.1CITY COUNCIL.

  Stub record — front-page Jamestown Weekly Alert item about a **Kelleher** (the print never calls him quarrelsome; that word is from the PDF file name), a Jamest…

• 1885-11-06 — Bismarck Weekly Tribune, p.1The Chinese Driven Out. / The Chinese Exodus.

  Two wire items (columns 3 and 5 of the front page) reporting the violent expulsion of Chinese residents from Tacoma, Washington Territory, on 3 November 1885. T…

• 1886-09-23 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.8

  A digest of Jamestown justice-court business. Two Pat Murphy matters appear: the case of Pat Murphy against D. M. Kelleher for wages claimed to be due (continue…

• 1894-08-02 — The Daily Inter Mountain, p.8THE MAYOR OPPOSES IT. / He Says the City Cannot Be Compelled to Pay the 4th of July Riot Bills.

  Routine business at the Butte city council meeting, evening of 1 August 1894 — chiefly the claims for damages from the riot of the Fourth of July 1894. Mayor E.…

• 1900-03-22 — The Butte Daily Post, p.3DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. / Daly Faction Has a Working Majority. / HARRIS IS TURNED DOWN. / Beaten by McArthur For Temporary Chairman—The Platform is Harmless.

  Long account of the Butte city Democratic Convention of 22 March 1900, in which the Daly faction prevailed over the Clark faction. Jerry Clifford, chairman of t…

• 1904-05-14 — The Butte Daily Post, p.8DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION IN SESSION

  "(Continued from Page One.)" Coverage of the **14 May 1904 Silver Bow Democratic county convention** — DISTINCT from the September 1904 primaries clipping (1904…

• 1904-09-11 — The Butte Miner, p.7DEMOCRATS HOLD THEIR PRIMARIES

  Sub-head: "DELEGATES CHOSEN TO ATTEND COUNTY CONVENTION MONDAY — OPPOSITION TO TICKET IS ATTEMPTED." Saturday Sep 10 1904 evening Silver Bow County Democratic p…

• 1911-03-17 — The Butte Daily Post, p.5PROMINENT MEN ATTEND BANQUET

  Sub-head: "IRISH IN ANNUAL BANQUET AT THE SILVER BOW CLUB IN HONOR OF ST. PATRICK." Banquet at the Silver Bow club (the elite businessmen's club of Butte) on th…

• 1915-03-16 — The Butte Miner, p.3IRISH VOLUNTEERS TO PARADE IN THEIR CIVILIAN ATTIRE

  "(Continued From Page One.)" St. Patrick's Day 1915 controversy: Mayor Smith of Butte instructed Chief of Police Jerry J. Murphy to ban the carrying of firearms…

• 1917-03-18 — The Butte Miner, p.9In the Second Ward — P. (Tish) Maloney — For Alderman

  Tish Maloney's own boxed campaign advertisement on the eve of the Butte Democratic primary: "**In the Second Ward / P. (Tish) Maloney / Presents his name for th…

• 1917-03-25 — The Butte Miner, p.4An Enthusiastic Campaign — the Democratic Municipal Ticket

  Endorsement editorial running the full Democratic municipal slate for the upcoming Butte city election: - **Mayor**: W. H. Maloney (51 West Silver street) - **…

• 1917-03-29 — The Butte Miner, p.4DEMOCRATIC MUNICIPAL TICKET

  Boxed Democratic-ticket campaign ad in the Butte Miner the week before the city election, restating the full slate: - For Mayor: **W. H. Maloney**, 51 West Sil…

• 1917-04-03 — The Butte Miner, p.10SUCCESSFUL ALDERMANIC CANDIDATES ON DEMOCRATIC TICKET — BIG MAJORITIES ROLLED UP BY THE DEMOCRATS

  Election-result spread celebrating the **Democratic victory in Butte's 1917 city election**: "BIG MAJORITIES ROLLED UP BY THE DEMOCRATS." Carries portraits of t…

• 1920-01-25 — The Anaconda Standard, p.30Garfield School

  School-news column titled "Garfield School" with the by-line **"By Jim Murphy"** — an 8th-grade student at Garfield School in (presumably) Butte or Anaconda is …

• 1920-03-01 — The Butte Miner, p.5WELL KNOWN BUTTE MEN BUY EXCLUSIVE PARK STREET STORE

  Founding-of-business article for what becomes the Murphy-Softley store. E. A. Brown of the Brown company (formerly president and manager of the Hennessy company…

• 1920-10-18 — New York Herald, p.2EAST SIDE DEMOCRATS FLOCKING TO HARDING

  Sub-head: "G.O.P. Opens More Branches to Accommodate Them." Two weeks before the November 1920 presidential election. The Democrats of New York are rushing to t…

• 1924-04-13 — The Butte Miner, p.20Judges Are Chosen for Elections of Next Month

  The Silver Bow County Commissioners completed the list of election judges for two May 1924 elections — a "consolidation election" on May 12 (a special-question …

• 1924-09-13 — The Butte Miner, p.5DEMOCRATIC RALLY SCHEDULED TONIGHT

  Sub-head: "Women Will Also Meet to Appoint Committees For Campaign." Joint meeting of the Silver Bow county Democratic executive committee with committeemen fro…