I grew up in a city that featured the Peru Amateur Circus. I played trumpet in the circus band, my younger sister was an aerialist. I knew the first human cannonball, W.W. Wilno, and went to school ...

The notion that one of Lake County’s displays of splendor was going to ruin needled those who have sampled its delights. And no wonder. The mansion built by citrus grower and developer William J.

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HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS — It’s March 6, 1927, and for one remarkable day, rural Lake County stands at the martini-sipping center of American high society. Months ago, William J. Howey — citrus grower, ...

PERU, Ind. — I grew up in a city that featured the Peru Amateur Circus. I played trumpet in the circus band, my younger sister was an aerialist. I knew the first human cannonball, W.W. Wilno, and went ...