The Wasp — 1888 — page 53: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily a text-heavy editorial and news page rather than a cartoon page. The main content discusses several local scandals: 1. **A baker's wife's testimony** about domestic disputes and bread-making 2. **Chinese certificate fraud** involving William A. Boyd, accused of stealing bonds 3. **A death ship incident** involving diseased hares and sanitation concerns 4. **Jack O'Brien case**: A drunk man who died after being transported by ambulance, raising questions about hospital negligence The page also includes satirical verse about vaccination and social commentary on snow-balling and street behavior. The overall tone is investigative satire targeting San Francisco institutions—medical, commercial, and civic—for incompetence and corruption. No prominent political cartoons are visible on this particular page.