The Wasp — 1896 — page 392: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is dominated by **medical and consumer product advertisements** rather than political satire or comics. The content includes ads for: - **Ely's Cream Balm** (for catarrah) - **Valentine Hassmer's Lung and Cough Syrup** - **Liebig Company's Extract of Beef** - **Epps's Cocoa** - **Darmiana Bitters** and other patent medicines - Medical services (Dr. Milton Bowers, Mrs. Dr. Gwyer) Above the ads appears **"The Correct Poem,"** a sentimental verse about sunset and moonlight, accompanied by a small illustration of a weeping woman—likely a parody of Victorian melodramatic poetry. The page reflects **late 19th-century American publishing**, where satirical magazines subsidized content through extensive patent medicine advertising, often promoting dubious health remedies to readers.