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- ↑ State, Illinois Office of Secretary of (July 25, 1925). "Illinois Blue Book". Secretary of State – via Google Books.
- ↑ "RE-NOMINATE SIDNEY LYON | The Sentinel | 30 מרץ 1928 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
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