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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 29, 1917
Page
4
In early war scenes a soldier describes battering through mud as horses sink and men slog. American Canadian efforts introduced duck-walk boards to drain camps and keep paths usable, reducing mud and disease while boosting mobility and supply lines.
Grace Emmett sails ashore at Bureau after rescue aboard the Mosowal voyage. Harvey Ingram and a thief couple are jailed in Sydney bound for San Francisco. Grace’s reunion with Captain Emmett and Battin ends with a humble home welcome and quiet joy.
Grace Emmett rises from miner’s settlement life to influence Quean’s River. She funds a school with her forty pounds, helps her father and Dick Battin modernize mining with a large machine, and wins the town’s affection as her garden and leadership grow. The tale follows her protection of a girl and the Captain’s pride in her rise.
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