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"The Homestead State"
A Name Likely to be Given to Oklahoma
Boston Transcript
The government lottery for the homestead lands in the Kiowa reservation closed Saturday, July 27. When all the land available has been taken at least ten thousand one-hundred-and-sixty-acre farms will have been added to the seventy-five thousand or more homesteads which comprise the territory now known as Oklahoma.
When Congress reserved the lands of Oklahoma for homesteaders, the tacit admission was made that of all the methods for acquiring the public domain, the homestead law was the only one which carried out the purpose of the government honestly and fully. Under the provisions of that law the land grabber finds no opportunity and speculation is reduced to the minimum. The results have been significant and marvelous, for in ten years an uninhabited country has gathered to itself nearly four hundred thousand people, taxable property to the value of $150,000,000 and its annual production of the treasures of the earth now approximates $75,000,000 in value.
When Oklahoma is admitted to the Union, which it probably will be during the coming session of Congress, it should be known as "the Homestead State." No other commonwealth can claim this title, and to the homestead character of her settlement will Oklahoma owe her admission, for by no other method could she have obtained so quickly the population, wealth, and stability now necessary to secure recognition from Congress.
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August 22, 1901 issue
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"The Homestead State"
J. D. Whelpley
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The Lectures
with contributions from John C. Bell
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Christian Science Fact
Albert K. Duff
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Christian Science and the Doctors
H. S. C.
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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Message to the Mother Church
Editor
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Among the Churches
with contributions from F. E. Goodall, Alfred M. Gold, Allie Hatch
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Give me the gospel of the fields and woods—...
The Watchman
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"The Harvest truly is Plenteous"
BY MRS. FRANCES H. COIT
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Adhering to Principle
BY JOHN B. WILLIS
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To do Good and to be Good
BY A. D.
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Growth
BY A. E. ALFORD
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Our Father's Business
BY GRACE SAFFORD FARRINGTON
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Healed of Many Diseases
Claire Fairbanks
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Wonderfully Helped by Reading Science and Health
Harry Williams
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Daily Proofs of God's Care
Grace S. Adams
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Sight Restored
Minnie B. Hall Perry
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Religious Items
with contributions from Jane Addams, D. L. Moody, Leonard