In the Second Ward — P. (Tish) Maloney — For Alderman

Summary

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 the careful consideration of every voter at the primary election tomorrow. / For Alderman / On the Democratic Ticket.**" Filed Sun 18 Mar 1917 for the primary on Mon 19 Mar 1917. Opens the documented Tish-political-career arc — his 2nd Ward Butte aldermanic run (Mar-Apr 1917), captured in this archive as a four-clipping campaign sequence concluding with his victory on 3 Apr 1917.

People

• Patrick "Tish" Maloughney (b. ~1883 Michigan; JJM's best friend + Chatham cousin of Aggie Kelly)(as printed: P. (Tish) Maloney)
  role: candidate self ad · family confidence: 75 strong

Places

• Butte, Montana (primary)

Themes

• politics_butte
• elections
• municipal_politics

Story threads

• Butte Irish-American organisational life — Hibernians, Gaelic League, Erin's Daughters, RELA
• The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980

Tags

• source_primary_family
• direct_family
• book_chapter_material

Source type

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Related sources

• 1917-03-25 — The Butte Miner, p.4 — An Enthusiastic Campaign — the Democratic Municipal Ticket
• 1917-03-29 — The Butte Miner, p.4 — DEMOCRATIC MUNICIPAL TICKET
• 1917-04-03 — The Butte Miner, p.10 — SUCCESSFUL ALDERMANIC CANDIDATES — BIG MAJORITIES ROLLED UP BY THE DEMOCRATS