The Wasp — 1888 — page 305: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and humor columns**, not political cartoons. The left two-thirds contains classified ads for San Diego real estate, land offices, and Sacramento businesses. The right side features hotel advertisements and a large seed catalog ad. The middle section contains humor pieces labeled "THRIFT AND HUMOR" — brief anecdotes about workplace misunderstandings, domestic life, and social awkwardness. These include stories about an employee negotiating salary, theater etiquette, and oyster consumption. The humor is genteel and observational rather than satirical. No political figures or events are identifiable on this page. It represents typical turn-of-century American magazine content mixing commercial notices with light social commentary.