Sophia the name and its royal, sacred journey through history
Sophia has long been linked to divine wisdom and royalty from St. Sophia the church to European queens. The name traveled from Greece to Saxony Denmark and England, shaping fashions among nobility and becoming a national Danish favorite. A malachite talisman with a sun image was said to protect wearers, especially children, and ward off disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophy
Sophia
Justinian
Solomon
God
Greece
Germany
Geysa
Magnus of
Saxony
Denmark
England
Sophia Dorothea of
Yette
British Isles
House of Hanover
France
Sophie
Italy
Sofia
Fleka
Russia
Sofija
Diverse Iowa items span accidents to civic notes in 1921 paper
The column reports Edward Cobb's car crash in Spencer and a Wesley robbery, a West Union club forming with 80 members, animal disease and medical care views by Dr. Donahue, a tax sale no bids, a corn husk drive, college stock show ribbons, a Centerville mine lease, and various local incidents from Emmetsburg to Humboldt, with community relief for Mrs White and a police jail critique in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludwig ‘Johnson
Laurens
West Union
Peterson Power Co
Dan White
Iowa City
J. H. Hovenden
George Donahue
State Hospital For Insane
Cherokee
Upper Iowa Medical Association
Spencer
Iowa
Kossuth
Algona
E. A. Cobb
Charles City
Wm. Crahan
John J. McDonald
E. N. Taylor
Godlebt
Ctkc« Weyers of
Milford
Iowa State College
Chicago
Emmetsburg Partie
Mallard
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Dubuque
Henry F. “Searles
John Schank
Marshalltown
Maggie
F. A. Moscrip
Schaack
Moscrip
Waukon
Earl Throst
Inga “Magnussen
Gunda Martindale
Throst
Des Moines
Justice Bonner
Denmark
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Corinne Griffith
Miss Griffith
Mildred Marshall
Sioux Rapids
Acme Cement Plaster Co. of
St. Louis
Wm. Hollingsworth
Centerville
Avis
Royal Compton
Earlham
Methodist Hospital
Edward Kunz General
Wesley
Iowa Supreme Court
Truman S. Stevens
Hamburg
William D. Evans
Hampton
Supreme Court
Boyer Township
Harrison County
J. F. Jones
Cedar Rapids
Thompson
H. E. Wagner
South Emmet County
W. P. Adams & Son
Oddolt
Oldebolt Fire Company
Sioux City
B.S. Johnson
Webster City
Chamber of Commerce
John
Krieg
South Dakota
American Legion
Iowa Light & Power Co
Ford
Kiron
Sheldon
Cr. G. Lighter
Terris Tribune
John Prendergast
Williams Township
Calhoun County
Fonda Fire Department
Emmet Dunscombe
Humboldt
Emmet
Board of Supervisors
Keokuk County
State Highway Commission
White Way
Court House
Zochel
LaRue Davis
Chattanooga
Tenn
Poultry Extension Department
Kellogg’s
Fami
Ace Kellogg’s
Fort Dodge
Boston
Thea
Atl
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