The Wasp — 1878 — page 42: what you’re looking at

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This page contains three article sections with no visible cartoons: 1. **"Mixed Babies"** – A satirical piece mocking the San Francisco city's handling of abandoned infants left at the Pacific Hall. The article ridicules both the mothers who abandoned babies and city officials' incompetence in managing the crisis. It suggests the mothers were likely prostitutes or from criminal classes. 2. **"The Interior Press"** – Commentary praising California's rural newspapers for quality journalism and freedom from typographical errors, contrasting them favorably with Eastern publications. 3. **"How the Farmers Regard the Agitators"** – References the *California Patron* (State Grange official organ), discussing farmers' concerns about property redistribution rhetoric from labor agitators, framed as Communistic threats. The satire targets urban dysfunction, celebrates rural virtue, and warns against radical economic ideology.