title: Lillian's Diaries: Whispers From Galena's Past
author:  Sheryl Trudgian Jones 
description: In 1913 a sixteen-year-old girl commences a series of diaries, and decades later, a very lucky ancestor discovers the written treasures in her great-great-grandparents' home. Lillian's Diaries chronicles the daily life of Lillian, her sister Ruby, parents Charles and Amelia Dittmar Trudgian, and other close family members, neighbors and friends. The personal journals span seven years, from 1913 to 1920, giving readers a rare glimpse of life on a thriving family farm in Guilford Township, just outside of Galena, Illinois.
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  # A Hoosier Chronicle
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Meredith Nicholson
  
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  A HOOSIER CHRONICLE
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I. MY LADY OF THE CONSTELLATIONS
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II. SYLVIA GOES VISITING
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III. A SMALL DINNER AT MRS. OWEN'S
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IV. WE LEARN MORE OF SYLVIA
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V. INTRODUCING MR. DANIEL HARWOOD
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VI. HOME LIFE OF HOOSIER STATESMEN
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VII. SYLVIA AT LAKE WAUPEGAN
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VIII. SILK STOCKINGS AND BLUE OVERALLS
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IX. DANIEL HARWOOD RECEIVES AN OFFER
  
  
    
  CHAPTER X. IN THE BOORDMAN BUILDING
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XI. THE MAP ABOVE BASSETT'S DESK
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XII. BLURRED WINDOWS
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XIII. THE WAYS OF MARIAN
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XIV. THE PASSING OF ANDREW KELTON
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XV. A SURPRISE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XVI. “STOP, LOOK, LISTEN”
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XVII. A STROLL ACROSS THE CAMPUS
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XVIII. THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD
  
  
    
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