The Wasp — 1888 — page 143: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertisements and classifieds** for San Diego and San Francisco businesses (1890s era), interspersed with a section titled "CARL DUNDER: Peculiar Stories About Great Men." The Dunder section contains humorous anecdotes about historical figures like Christopher Columbus and Humboldt, written in exaggerated dialect to mock their supposed character flaws. The text uses ethnic stereotyping and crude humor typical of period satire. Below that is a brief dialogue joke about synonyms and disobedience, followed by ads for hotels, real estate, wall papers, and patent medicines. **There is no political cartoon visible on this page.** The satire here is primarily textual—mocking great historical figures through unflattering anecdotes and dialect humor—rather than visual. This reflects *The Wasp's* satirical approach through written ridicule rather than illustration.