The Wasp — 1877 — page 207: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains commercial notices for San Francisco businesses, including: - Piano and organ sellers - Hat makers (C. Herrmann) - Wine and liquor merchants (R.T. Carroll & Co., Gundlach & Co.) - A brewery (M. Nunan, Hibernian Brewery) - Attorneys and other services The only substantive editorial content is "Got Bit" — an article discussing the origins and meanings of Scottish and English surnames, noting how names like "Aaron," "Absolom," and "Ishmael" reflect biblical references among certain families. The page demonstrates how 19th-century satirical magazines sustained themselves through advertising revenue rather than relying solely on editorial content.