The Wasp — 1877 — page 111: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains primarily **text articles and advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: 1. **"Clubbing Journalists"** — an article criticizing attacks on two San Francisco journalists (J.L. Odgers and J. Shay) by parties they'd exposed. It defends press freedom and condemns legal intimidation of reporters. 2. **"Who Are the Blessed?"** — a humorous moral essay listing blessed character types (the man minding his business, the woman who doesn't complain, etc.). 3. **Large advertisements** for patent medicines (opium, morphine, laudanum) and a cure for diphtheria by S.T. Pearce. The page reflects 1870s concerns: press freedom under threat, moral philosophy through satire, and the prevalence of unregulated medicinal compounds (including opiates) openly advertised in newspapers.