Sketchpad 1913 turning point (1912/14)

Looking Back



100 years ago



On page 896 of the August 1913 edition of Peru Today you will find the President's 28 Julio (1913) Message to Congress. Probably the only version in English. Billinghurst was President and Peru was ten years into its second boom period 1892 to 1932. For the Aristocratic Republic as it is called

times were good starting with the dyslexic duo the Pardos and the Prados the Browns and the Greens The story goes that the two office boys, one British and the other from the US, in the Lima headquarters of the West Coast Leader had placed bets on which of their countries was doing most business with Peru







