Simmons Explains Immigration Bill Passage Across Congress
The article notes that immigration into the United States is a privilege granted by a sovereign people and outlines the bill passed by the House, including a 160,000 annual permanent entry cap, overseas examinations, and a two percent quota basis. It discusses opposition from broader quotas and southern European nationals, mentions the Hanihara letter, and lists voting patterns showing opposition largely from industrial eastern states.
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United States
House
Senate
Immigration Committee
Congress
Japan
Europe
America
Sente
Hanihara
Italy
Roumania
Johnson
Connecticutt
Rhode Island
New
Detroit
Ohio S
Cleveland
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Missouri
St. Louis
Maryland
MB Baltimore
Nebraska
Omaha
East
County Buys Gravel Machine For Road Surfacing
Cheyenne county bought a gravel screen and loading machine in Denver for 640 dollars. It features a cup elevator sand and gravel screens and a sixteen yard bin. Powered by a gas engine, it loads wagons from chutes and uses scrapers to haul gravel, allowing mobile use across the county.
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Cheyenne County
Denver
Lodge Pole
Artists Will Render Fine Musical Program
Laramie shaped donors Mr and Mrs Knapp head University of Wyoming Conservatory of Music. They donate a full evening at Tobin Opera House Sidney May 9 during Music Week with Miss Freda Hammer as accompanist. Program includes Handel and Cadman selections plus folk songs and spirituals.
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Knapp
Laramie
Wyom
Sidney
George Edwin Knapp
Melissa Segrist Knapp
University of Wyoming Conservatory of Music At
Tobin Opera “House
Sidney Men Receivers Of Albuquerque Bank
Francis A. Chapman United States National bank receiver and assistant Charles Mann left Friday for Albuquerque New Mexico to take charge of the State National bank there Mr and Mrs Chapman will reside in Albuquerque while winding up the bank affairs Mr Mann will assist him probably two or three months Harry Wilson assistant to Receiver Chapman has taken charge of the First National Bank of Sidney He was formerly connected with winding up the Sidney bank assets and property of the Chappell bank have been sold and its receivership nearly closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Chapman
United States National Bank
Charles Mann
Faust
Albuquerque
N. M
State National Bank
Mrs. Chapman
Mr. Mann
Harry Wilson
Chapman
First “National Bank
Chappell
First National Bank of Sidney
Sidney Bank
Aseta
Chappell Bank
Reader draws own conclusions from vote patterns
The remarks note that votes came from large cities and that the western half of the country had no votes against the bill. The author suggests readers can draw deductions from these figures as effectively as the speaker.
Fun for Everybody at Legion Carnival in Sidney
The American Legion indoor carnival at the Tobin opera house on May 2 and 3 aims to raise funds for Sidney's county war memorial. The event promises entertainment, strict orderly conduct, and money spent returning value, with Legion Auxiliary support and sheriff oversight.
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Tobin Opera House
Sidney
Sidney Post
American Legion
County War Memorial
Legion Auxiliary
Ed O'Leary
R. P. Kepler
Madame Noceitalll
Old Lady
Whasername
Whatsernames
Suds
Dago Red
Red Eye
Three Fingered Joe
Alkali Pete
Sitting Bull
Easter Spirit Prevails With Record Church Attendance
Sidney churches drew record crowds at seven morning services noon and night Easter Sunday. Special music and cantatas accompanied sermons stressing the crucifixion and resurrection as the foundation of Christianity.
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Sidney
Fire Destroys Sidney Laundry Building Used as Residence
Fire believed caused by an exploding lamp destroyed the old Sidney laundry south of the Burlington tracks early Sunday. The nine room building housed Mrs. Jennings Frank Bokleman and children who boarded there. a dance the night before worsened the loss. Alarm delay and 80 hydrant distance hampered the response as a stiff wind fed the flames. within an hour the structure lay in ruins with only a small portion of contents saved.
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Sidney
Burlington Tracks
Jennings
Frank Bokleman
Anhour
Sidney Police Open Free Lodging To Hundreds Of Tramps
Sidney's station records show 520 men and boys sought overnight shelter since March 21 as part of a year and a half of free lodging. Chief Wait and Marshal Puckett say most are working-age wanderers seeking jobs, traveling by freight, and there has been little crime linked to the program.
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Jack London
Sidney City
Knights of the Road
Puckett
Sidney
Wait
Marshal Puckett
Hotel de Police
Walt
Sidney High School Graduates Announced
The Sidney high school graduating class of 1924 is announced with twenty seven members, thirteen boys and fourteen girls, far below last year’s record. The list includes Ruth Baker, Stanley Baker, Herman Brauer, Vivian Byrne, Roy Chambers, Christina Biers, Opal Fitch, Dwight Frankeberger, Evelyn Johnson, Kathryn King, TeRoy Oberg, and Stewart McMillen among others.
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Sidney High School
Anna Badziong
Ruth Baker
Stanley Baker
Herman Brauer
Vivian Byrne
Roy Chambers
Christina Biers
Lawrence Davis
Opal Fitch
Dwight Frankeberger
Deoma Hade
Helen Hinrichs
Franklin Hornaday
Lucille Tower
Evelyn Johnson
Myrtle Johnston Curtis Jolliff
Kathryn King Frank Lally Francis Matteson
Evelyn Nelson
Miriam Oberg TeRoy Oberg
Taura Rudd Stewart McMillen LeGrande Worden
Paul Vath
President's Golf Banquet Ends In Lopsided Loss
Sidney golfers held their annual preseason banquet at the James cafe with 38 attending and John T. McIntosh as toastmaster. A match tournament determined the winners and losers, the latter banqueting in defeat. Eleven unplayed matches remained. Akron hosts the first tournament on May 4.
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Sidney
James Cafe
John T. McIntosh
Barger
J. T. McIntosh
B. Grabill
Bauman
Cromline
Kepler
Witham
Hyde
Coler
Donahoe
Closman
B, Doran & Jewett
Barker
Martin
Thomas
Thayer
Hardy
Otten
Bassett
Cass
Hink
Bentley
McCreneghan
Grimminger
Pettibone
Mantor
Poole
Limodynes
Ladegard
Akron
Sidney Odd Fellows Initiated Into Muscovites
Twenty Sidney men joined the Muscovites on Tuesday in Sidney. The initiation, first for Sidney, featured a North Platte team performing the rites. Delegations from Dix, Chappell, Dalton and Bridgeport attended with a Sidney banquet at the Methodist church parlor led by Czar W. C. Dunn.
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Order of the
North Platte
Sidney
W. C. Dunn
Odd Fellows Ball
Dix
Chappell
Dalton
Bridgeport
Mitchell
Nort Platte
Kremlin Kole
Wanderlust on the rails of distant stations
Fifteen to twenty transients gather at the station from across the nation and spin yarns of life on the road. Some are away from home for the first time, living a sporadic, hungry life while seeking the great outdoors and a sense of brotherhood among fellow wanderers.
Sidney To Welcome Nichols Sheppard Branch Here
The chamber of commerce luncheon announced a five year lease for a Nichols Sheppard Implement Company branch in Sidney with Mr. Martin named local manager. The unit will distribute separators and steam engines across western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado, and Sidney will be the sole branch in the state outside Lincoln. The move beat bids from North Platte and Yuma, Colorado.
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Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Johnson
Nichols-Sheppard Implement Company
Martin
Kansas City
Nebraska
Colorado
Lincoln
North Platte
Yuma
Colo
Sidney Womans Club
A. K. Greenlee
BR. P. Kepler
G. P. Krats
R.E. Witham
Bonham
B. W. Bonham
Rube Li
Sidney Schools Open for Exhibit Weekend Visitors
Supt Liebendorfer says every Sidney public school room including the high school will be open Friday and Saturday from 1 30 to 6 00 p m for the school exhibit. There will be no school Friday. Teachers will arrange exhibits Friday morning and be present both afternoons. Samples of all year’s work and work by every pupil will be shown. Rural school exhibit also up at Tobin opera house. This should prove one of the most interesting school events.
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Supt. Liebendorfer
Sidney Public Schools
Tobin Opera House
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Simmons
Mr. Knapp
Teresa del Riego
Charles Wakefield Cadman
True Love
John Prindle Scott
Toye Is
Alexander McFayden
Sidney Men
Albuquerque Bank
Legion Carnival
Police
Sidney Odd Fellows
Nichols-Sheppard Co
M. W. Dimery
Dimery
A. Z. Jorgenson
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