Brave Marie of Bois-le-Duc Memorable French Heroine
The tale recounts Marie Duret, a peasant girl in Bois-le-Duc, who hides Captain Charles the franc tireur in a baking oven to protect him from Prussian soldiers during 1870. Her courage earns townwide fame and a toast from the forest fighters rallying around Captain Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bois-le-Duc
France
Prussia
Charles
le Due
Dancer
Hois-le- Duc
Sturthy
Bois Fe Due
Marie Proret
Ceuure
Martie
Coundy
Mindelen
Morogh
Great Forest
Marie
Duret
Dunseth
Armath
Marie Duret
Monsieur le Maire
Captain Charles
Martes
Omaha
The Krupps and Essen’s Steel Legacy
A sprawling account traces Friedrich Krupp’s rise in crucible steel, Alfred Krupp’s innovations in cast steel and wheel tires, and the Ruhr region’s industrial boom at Essen. It notes coal and ore supplies, the Duisburg and Neuwied furnaces, rail links, and a personal tale of meeting a schoolgirl who later became the narrator’s wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exsen
Toul
Friedrich Krupp
England
Germany
Sperre
Krupp
Germain
Alfred
Alfred Krupp
Villa Huegel
Ruhr
Issep
Essen
Friedrich Alfred
Spain
Bilbao
Iuclt Watel
Gero
Rhine
Duisburg
Neuwied-on-the-Rigie
Krupp Works
Nre
Rrupp
Iammerabe Nammeth
Cunglog
Rhenish Railway
Wile
Dusseldorf
Bremen
Hanmibiarg
Bertin
Frightened Schoolteacher Triggered Mysterious Narrative
A garbled account from a St Louis source describes Willitta Al Furbish and Mr Burbish, a millionaire, in a tale about a frightened schoolteacher and a snake. The narrative recounts a summer roadside incident with a piercing shriek from a village schoolhouse and a startling reaction.
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Willitta AL Furbish
St. Louis
Colomade
Burbish
Tits Fuane
Incomplete Science Notes Cover World Facts And Puzzles
A jumble of historic science curiosities and claims covers language totals, rainfall equivalence, spider web reach, animal dentition, butterfly value, and pyramid construction theories. It references Humboldt, Hang, Rothschilds, and Martel with notes on caves, pyramids, and ancient engineering.
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Humboldt
Also Mentioned on This Page
BRAVE
Deine
Deva Speng
America
Thrat Street
Bowery
New York
Prince Street
Fourteenth Street
Isul
Philadelphia Press
Hang
Britanni
da Athuilie
Tie Dion
Rothschild
Tring
Allerts
M. Martel
Cianter
Lozere
Toweroend
Egypt
Cnust
Philosophicad Society
Washington
Watkins
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