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[Word?] Aug 2

The last week has been a truly gala one at
the famous Wild West. Not only have the
audiences been invariably large, and of
course enthusiastic, but each night has in
point of receipts been larger than the one before,
and the new and splendid addition to
the program in the reproduction of "Custer's
Large Charge" has proven of absorbing
interest. As an evidence of its faithfulness
to facts it may be noted that the representations
have been witnessed by a very large
number of United States army officers stationed
in and about Chicago, who have testified
to the correctness. This can be more
thoroughly understood when it is remembered
that the terrible scene is re-enacted by
many who were active and prominent participants
in the tragic drama. They are, of
course, to be found among the red men, for
none of the brave band who followed Custer's
lead lived to tell the sad story. The
"battle of the Little Big Horn," like the
Alamo, had no messenger of defeat.