61 clippingstagged for period texture, atmosphere, or oddity. The kind of thing the book reaches for when it wants to set a scene, not when it's building an argument.
Color: 60 · Funny: 7 · Poignant: 0 · Ironic: 0
A short comic society-column item in the Jamestown Weekly Alert reporting that a hunting party — John Vennum, Marshall McClure, Tony Klaus, Charlie Rattinger, and two or three others — set out for a slough about seven miles north of Spiritwood Lake.…
Show the original →Short item in the Jamestown Weekly Alert reporting that H. A. Mullane played a finger-billiards exhibition match at Murphy's saloon for a $15 purse against five Jamestown gentlemen furnished cues.…
Show the original →A published correspondence: a long testimonial letter from named citizens of Butte to John Kelly — a musician about to leave the city for the East — asking him to give a complimentary musical entertainment as a tribute to his vocal and instrumental abilities.…
Show the original →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 acting Mayor Vennum on a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct.…
Show the original →An editorial brief in the Jamestown (Dakota Territory) Weekly Alert quoting the London Times to the effect that the government of Ireland "has passed or is rapidly passing out of the hands of her majesty's ministers." A small but telling marker of Irish Home Rule sympathy circula…
Show the original →A mining-news brief: Col. C. A.…
Show the original →Correspondent's letter from Gregson Hot Springs (a Montana resort north of Butte) describing the transfer of management effective 30 May 1886.…
Show the original →A digest of Jamestown justice-court business. Two Pat Murphy matters appear: the case of Pat Murphy against D. M.…
Show the original →A short period color piece, reprinted from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, cataloguing restaurant kitchen slang from Kansas City and St. Louis.…
Show the original →The Anaconda Standard's coverage of the same Hudson bank-robbery conviction reported in the Butte Miner of the same date. The Anaconda Standard's headline gives the defendant's true name as "Tim Murphy" (the Butte Miner just says "Murphy").…
Show the original →Coverage of the conviction of Thomas Hudson (alias John Doe, reportedly true name Murphy) for the attempted daylight robbery of the Silver Bow National Bank in Butte.…
Show the original →Society note: a surprise party given for Miss Ethel Prisk at her home at 606 East Mercury street on Thursday evening. Games, music, dancing, midnight lunch. Long list of named attendees (~50 women and men).…
Show the original →Stub record. A society-page social item from Sun 20 Mar 1904 — apparently a "Leap Year ride" party invitation list (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.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "SPLENDID RECORD HAS BEEN MADE IN STUDY OF OLD IRISH LANGUAGE / Election of Officers Is Held, Work of First Year Is Reviewed and Forecast Made of Future Plans.…
Show the original →A Fall River notice promoting a serialised history of the Beara peninsula running in "The Searchlight," a weekly published in Brockton, Mass. by **William D. Dwyer, a native of Bearhaven**.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF ITS ORGANIZATION HERE / Hall at St. Mary's School Crowded With Interested Audience — Addresses Delivered and Delightful Program Is Rendered." Sunday Jan 19 1908 first-anniversary event of the Butte Gaelic League at St.…
Show the original →Probate / court news. Mary A. Sullivan of Yellowstone county was appointed guardian of Margaret Murphy and her minor child by Judge McClernan.…
Show the original →Two-sentence event reminder. "Benefit card party for Mrs. Ellen Murphy, Masonic hall, Walkerville, Monday, April 12. Two floors occupied. Remember the time, the place and the party." ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "THE INDUSTRIAL AND LANGUAGE REVIVAL IN IRELAND HIS SUBJECT AT HIBERNIA HALL." Preview of a lecture by **Rev Canon O'Daly of Ballaghadereen college, Ireland**, scheduled for Friday Dec 16 1910 at Hibernia hall, Centerville, under auspices of the Hibernians, Ladies' Auxi…
Show the original →Sub-head: "First Annual Event Is Held at Gardens — Number of Pretty Novelties Offered." Coverage of the first annual Irish-American Ball at Columbia Gardens, hosted by the Hibernians of Silver Bow county. Large illuminated electric sign at the hall showing "A. O.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "Football and Other Sports at Reservoir — Priests Join in Amusements." Coverage of the Butte branch of the Gaelic League's second annual picnic, held at the reservoir (above Butte).…
Show the original →Society-column entry under the "St. Lawrence's" parish heading (Centerville's Catholic church). Flurry Sullivan, "a well-known and popular young man of this city," was married Tuesday September 5 1911 by Rev. Father P. J. Crawley to Miss Ellen Kelly.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "First Meeting of the Year a Notable One — An Interesting Program." First Butte Gaelic League meeting of 1912, held Friday evening Jan 5 1912 as a welcome social to members and friends. Largest enrollment in the history of the Butte branch.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "Fourth Annual Installation of Officers Attended by a Great Number." Centerville Young Men's club fourth annual public installation of officers, Monday evening Feb 26 1912. Founded c. 1908 (four years before this article); a Centerville athletic / civic boys' club.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "Annual Affair Will Come, as Usual, on the Monday After Easter." Notice of the **16th annual Daughters of Erin ball** (= Division No. 1 of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Hibernians) at Hibernia hall, Easter Monday April 8 1912. Founded c. 1896. McNamara's orchestra.…
Show the original →The relevant subsection from a column on Butte civic news.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "GREATEST CROWD OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND ANNUAL OUTING OF THREE ORGANIZATIONS.…
Show the original →Wire item from Boston, Oct 14 1912. A golf ball driven from a tee at the Braeburn Country Club (Massachusetts) overtook and killed a sparrow mid-flight and continued true on course.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "J. T. Fitzgerald Also Tells of the Valor of Irishmen in the United States." **Division No. 3 of the Hibernians** social session at their rooms in the Lewisohn block, Saturday evening Jan 25 1913. Attorney James T.…
Show the original →Short death notice. **John Kelly, aged 65 years**, died at a local hospital yesterday (Sunday June 21 1914) of pneumonia. Native of Ireland, lived in Montana since 1876. Leaves a widow and five children: - Four daughters: **Mrs.…
Show the original →Stub record — per the user filename, a 1914 Anaconda Standard item involving **"P. Tish Maloughney"** with the surname spelling causing some confusion (Maloney vs Maloughney drift). Full transcription pending the post-2026-06-01 vision re-pass.…
Show the original →Hennessy store ad fragment showing a photographic portrait of **James J. Murphy** with the caption "JAMES J.…
Show the original →Classified ad — Tish Maloney's lost Airedale puppy: "AIREDALE DOG, 5 MONTHS OLD. White spot on breast and right toes. Reward. Return to **Tish Maloney, 511 W. Quartz**." Fixes Tish's Feb 1916 home address at **511 W.…
Show the original →Light sports-column item about an upcoming Butte amateur baseball lineup.…
Show the original →Stub record — a Tish Maloney mention in a Butte Miner item from Sun 18 Aug 1918, page 24 (deep social/classified section). Specific content pending the post-2026-06-01 vision re-pass.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "500 Natives of 'Auld Sod' and Their Children to Hold Annual Outing at Washoe Park, Anaconda." Annual picnic of the United Irish Societies of Butte at Washoe Park, Anaconda, with an excursion train on the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific.…
Show the original →A "safety-first" address (mine-safety / first-aid context) that reaches back to the 1918 influenza epidemic in Butte as its moral example: "during the dark days when influenza swept plague-like through our community, when hospitals were filled to overflowing with victims, doctors…
Show the original →Front-page Butte Miner lead the morning after the **first night** (Thursday Sep 23 1920) of the Butte Miner's promotional Style Show at the American theater. Pair clipping to the 1920-09-25 second-night coverage already in the archive. Capacity house.…
Show the original →"CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE." Page-3 jump for the front-page style-show coverage (first night, Thursday Sep 23 1920). The page-3 column carries the model-by-model descriptions. **Murphy-Softley models appearing (first night):** - **Miss Neita Parmenter** — bathing-suit segment.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "Enthusiasm and Rapt Interest Marks Display of Latest Creations at American Theater by Butte Miner." Front- page story on the second night of the Butte Miner's promotional fashion / style show at the American Theater, September 24 1920.…
Show the original →Half-tone photograph (large) of the Murphy-Softley window display at 22 West Park street, Butte. An exclusive Printzess garment display, entered in this season's window display contest run by the Printz-Niederman company of Cleveland.…
Show the original →Full-page paid advertisement for **"Murphy's Money Back Store"** at **65 East Park st, Butte**.…
Show the original →Mrs. Nellie Gannon (well-known milliner of Missoula) and Mrs.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "Contests for Prizes Will Bring Best Players of State Into Action." Preview of the first-ever Butte-Anaconda intercity ice hockey tournament, Lake Avoca, Sunday February 11 1923. Announced by A. E. H. Clarke (manager of Boucher's team).…
Show the original →Sub-head: "Bouchers Will Meet Fast-Coming Murphy-Softley Squad of Youngsters." Lake Avoca, 2:20pm Sunday February 4 1923. Murphy-Softley hockey youngsters playing the veteran Boucher bunch.…
Show the original →Murphy-Softley Co. (women's furnishings house, 22 West Park street Butte) to observe the third anniversary of its 1920-03-01 opening with a week-long anniversary sale beginning Monday March 5 1923, timed to the approach of Easter (April 1 1923). Firm composed of James J.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "Murphy-Softley Models Will Exhibit Exquisite Garments Representing New Style." Half-page editorial feature with four fashion illustrations (sketched models numbered Model One through Model Four) showing Printzess garments to be displayed at Murphy-Softley.…
Show the original →Same story as the Anaconda Standard Jan 2 1924 piece, published ONE DAY EARLIER in the Butte Miner. Companion clipping with PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT of E. W. Softley.…
Show the original →Edward W.…
Show the original →Society column on the Friday page-7 entertainment-and-society jump.…
Show the original →Sub-head: "Women Will Also Meet to Appoint Committees For Campaign." Joint meeting of the Silver Bow county Democratic executive committee with committeemen from the 81 precincts and four representatives of the Women's Democratic club, at the Democratic headquarters at **222 West…
Show the original →Paid death-notice — Imelda Kelly Krueger, died November 10 1926. Beloved wife of Karl P. Krueger; loving daughter of Mrs. Mary Kelly; and sister of MRS. JAMES MURPHY, Irene, Mary and Walter Kelly. Funeral Friday November 12 1926 at 8:30 a.m.…
Show the original →Obituary for Mrs. Mary Kelly (per the user's filing, maiden name CHATHAM), former Walkerville resident, who died Tuesday 28 May 1940 at her Los Angeles home. Native of Michigan; came to Butte more than 50 years ago (i.e.…
Show the original →Society wedding of Jo Ann Schueller (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Schueller of Sherman Oaks, LA) to John J. Cooke at St. Cyril's Catholic Church in Encino on 29 May 1954. Nuptial mass by Rev. Leo J. Lawler (uncle of the bridegroom, flew in from Columbus, Ohio).…
Show the original →Obituary for Miss Mary "Mayme" Kelly — former Butte and Walkerville resident — who died suddenly Wednesday afternoon (27 Oct 1954) at her home in Los Angeles. Heart attack.…
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