The Wasp — 1889 — page 285: what you’re looking at

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This page is primarily text—editorials and notices rather than cartoons. The main piece celebrates George Washington's character and legacy, arguing that his fame rests not on political power but on moral integrity and devotion to republican principles. The editorials also discuss Bismarck's recent political retreat and criticize German-American relations. A brief item mocks a New York fashion trend (brown diagonal cloth overcoats). The final note announces investigations into opium rings in Port Townsend and mentions a "Christianizing of Christianity" sermon in Dunedin, New Zealand. Without visible cartoons on this page, the satire emerges through editorializing rather than visual caricature.