The Wasp — 1889 — page 277: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content** rather than political cartoons or satire. The visible content includes: - An article about **Bartlett Springs** (a California resort with mineral water) - Multiple patent medicine advertisements for various remedies (extract of meat, treatments for piles, rupture, weak men/women, etc.) - A major advertisement for a **Great Colony Auction Sale** of 10,000 acres near Merced, California - Excursion information under Briggs, Fergusson & Co. The satirical magazine's typical cartoon or editorial content is not visible on this particular page—it appears to be devoted to commercial advertising, which was common in 19th-century publications. The remedies advertised reflect period medical quackery typical of The Wasp's satirical targets elsewhere.