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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 278 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Miami County, See also:Indiana, U.S.A., about 75 M. N. of See also:Indianapolis, on the See also:Wabash See also:River. Pop. (1910 U.S. See also:census), 10,g1o. Peru is served by the See also:Chicago See also:Cincinnati & See also:Louisville, the See also:Lake See also:Erie & Western and the Wabash See also:railways (each of which maintains shops here), and by electric lines to Indianapolis, See also:Warsaw and other cities. The city has a See also:Carnegie library, a railway See also:Young Men's See also:Christian Association, and a See also:hospital for the employes of the Wabash railroad. There is a city See also:park on the river, and 9 m. See also:east of the city is See also:Boyd park, an amusement resort. Peru is an important See also:grain and produce See also:market, and has various manufactures. In 1905 the value of the factory products was $I,703,417 (27.3% more than in 190o). See also:Petroleum is found in the vicinity. Peru was settled in 1834 and was chartered as a city in 1867.

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