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THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE, TERRE HAUTE, IND., SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1903THE CLIMBER WHO PLACED ST MICHAEL’S STATUE HEREMECHANICS’ HISTORICAL SOCI ETY WAS PIONEERWill Be Next Height Upon Which Daring Climber Will ExertHimself.Appearances Here of Horace Greeley Lola Montez, Lucy Stone and Bayard Taylor Were Memorable.TERRE HAUTE, IN]WomensS. F. Sutherland. The Unman Fly” is going to climb to the top of the Washington monument and make some repairs lt;*ii that imposing shaft. lie will climbfrom tiie little windows of the. monument. oOO feet above the ground, up ttie almost vertical ni/.uhie walls of the shaft, to the apex. No ropes or scaffolds will be used, the man depending upon suction shoe- and gloves to make the ascent. The task is said to be the most difficult ever attempted by a stee-ple-jack. After tilling up the seams inthe masonrv. Sutherland will retrace• *his way to a window. The superintendent of the monument will not tell when the ascent will he made, fearing that the presence or a crowd might makethe “fly” neivous.•/Sutherland i- the same man who repaired the lower of Si. Benedict's church, tore away the old ( ongregatiotialchinch helfrv and did other work in# /Terre Haute. W hile .here lie fell and was seriously injured, but soon recovered and resumed his work.Probably no city of its size in the country todav has as many societies of various kinds as has Terre Haute. There are the political clubs, the business men's associations, the various social organizations. and the women's clubs and the various religious organizations. In the earlv da vs this was not true. Beforei tthe war on the authority of Col. Me-Lean there had been but two clubs inthe city.«’The first club here was a club of a semi-literary nture, which was formed to help iN members to the appreciation of good literature, and to aid them in their efforts at oratory. It was so longa no that this club was formed there is%scarcely anyone here now who rcmem-• • •hers anything about it. Colonel McLean can remember a paper read by (leneral Cruft before it, on “History of tin* Wabash Valley,” hut nothing more.Better remembered than this, was an «organization formed bv the voting men of the city, during the period just preceding tht* war. This was known as the Mechanics Historical society of Vigo• v_countv. so called because, there was but one mechanic in it. .Joshua B. Oakey.Pirn roct urovn ^vniiK'r lo wvoi'c *1 ml iliVuj (H n• (retting the second floor in shape for the way. Emptying the suit-cases and racks. Thereter’s season,—su: cember first. N( here longer thanthat means? It material. It mea It means a real sj of suit-value, —flt;Four 16 suits
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Terre Haute Daily Tribune
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Sun, Jan 25, 1903
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