The Wasp — 1896 — page 984: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily a large **advertisement** for an Encyclopaedic Dictionary sold through the Pacific Coast Newspaper Syndicate, occupying most of the space. The ad promotes a four-volume set at "$1 Down and $1 a Month" with testimonials about its utility for "all classes of readers." Below the ad are three unrelated items: a brief anecdote titled "Stanbury's Return" about a Sydney Bulletin cartoonist named Gaudaur; a short humorous poem "The Tumbler"; and an advertisement for "Darmiana Bitters," a patent medicine claiming benefits for sexual and nervous disorders. **There are no political cartoons on this page.** It functions as a commercial issue page rather than satirical content, which was typical for magazines of this era that relied on advertising revenue.