[From Butte.]

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.

People

• James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: J. J. Murphy)
  role: butte aoh delegate · family confidence: 10 flag

Also mentioned

• James Connolly · butte_aoh_delegate
• John R. Murphy · butte_aoh_delegate

  Recurs as a JJM-cluster Butte Murphy. Could be one of Tady's 8 Butte-emigrant children grandsons.

• Judge J. J. Lynch · butte_aoh_delegate
• James Cummings · butte_aoh_delegate

  = James Cummins; spelling drift Cummins/Cummings throughout the cluster.

• P. J. Sullivan · butte_aoh_delegate
• L. J. Duggan · butte_aoh_delegate
• Thomas J. Collins · butte_aoh_delegate
• W. P. McCarty · butte_aoh_delegate
• Maurice J. McDonagh · butte_aoh_delegate

  Same as Maurice McDonough / M. J. McDonough recurring through cluster.

• Vincent J. Doule · butte_aoh_delegate

  = Vincent Doyle (Doyle/Doule OCR drift).

• J. J. Griffin · butte_aoh_delegate
• P. J. Rohan · butte_aoh_delegate
• Mrs. Mamie Lenahan · butte_aoh_womens_auxiliary_delegate
• Mrs. B. Leary · butte_aoh_womens_auxiliary_delegate
• Mrs. Lizzie Burke · 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

• Berehaven Murphys
• Butte Irish-American organisational life — Hibernians, Gaelic League, Erin's Daughters, RELA

Tags

• candidate_family
• fragment

Source type

news_item, list_of_officers

Related sources

• 1912-08-29 — The Butte Daily Post, p.7 — A. O. H. NAME THE COUNTY DELEGATES
• 1912-10-14 — The Butte Miner, p.6 — HIBERNIANS CHOOSE OFFICERS AT MEETING / James J. Murphy Heads the Organization for the Ensuing Term.
• 1914-03-18 — The Butte Miner, p.1 — BUTTE HONORS MEMORY OF IRELAND'S PATRON SAINT
• 1921-08-10 — The Butte Miner, p.7 — [AOH state assembly officers and delegations]

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.