The Wasp — 1895 — page 1070: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is predominantly **advertising**, not political satire or comics. The main content includes: - **Orange Blossom Colony** land advertisements (Easton, Eldridge & Co.) - **Wellington Coal** ad promoting family use - **G. Leipnitz & Co.** drugstore announcement of relocation - **Roberts'** candies and confectionery ads - **Barker Brand Collars** advertisement (showing a dog, claiming collars are "the best") At the bottom is a brief **joke** about a marriage postponement: Smith's upcoming marriage to Miss Mullins is delayed because he married Miss Dobson yesterday instead—a simple mistaken-identity or infidelity humor typical of period light comedy. The page reflects **late 19th/early 20th-century San Francisco business advertising** rather than political commentary or sophisticated satire.