The Wasp — 1888 — page 181: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertising**, not political satire. It contains railroad schedules and timetables for the Southern Pacific Company, steamship lines (Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Oceanic Steamship Co., Pacific Mail Steamship Co., and Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company), and various commercial advertisements. Notable ads include Liebig Company's meat extract, Tarrant's Extract (a patent medicine for "Dyspepsia"), Napa Soda Springs resort, and Curtis & Bennett, Architect. While this appears in *The Wasp*, a satirical magazine, this particular page functions as a commercial directory rather than containing editorial cartoons or political commentary. The satire of *The Wasp* would appear elsewhere in the publication.