The Wasp — 1888 — page 176: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and miscellaneous content** rather than political satire. The dominant elements are commercial advertisements for local San Francisco businesses: Cloyer & Co. (silks and textiles), Fratinger's (clothing), L.A. Berteling (optical instruments), and G.W. Clark & Co. (wallpaper and window shades). The only illustrated content is an **advertisement for "King of Consumption" cough medicine** featuring ornate Victorian-era typography. There is also a small technical diagram for Berteling's optical inventions. The page includes a poem attributed to Will Hubbard-Kernan about character and fortune, and several brief anecdotes (one about a man carrying a dried ear in his vest pocket). **No political cartoons or satirical commentary appear on this page.**