The Wasp — 1888 — page 325: what you’re looking at

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This page is primarily **advertising and classified listings** rather than political satire. The left and right columns contain real estate brokers, land agents, hotels, and merchants advertising services in San Diego, Sacramento, Stockton, and San Francisco. The center features a **poem titled "The Last Resort"** about financial hardship and failed business ventures—a common theme in 19th-century satirical literature—followed by a wood-engraved illustration of what appears to be a modest dwelling or shelter by water, likely accompanying the poem's themes of poverty and desperation. The right side includes hotel advertisements and a prominent **flower seed company advertisement** offering free seeds. No identifiable political figures or satirical cartoons are visible on this page.