The Wasp — 1889 — page 360: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and directory listings** for hotels, banks, and businesses across California and the Pacific Coast, circa late 1800s. The only illustration is in the upper left: **"L. A. Berteling, Scientific Optician"** - a patent holder and inventor. The cartoon shows a caricatured figure (possibly with exaggerated features typical of period satire) advertising his optical inventions and the "Tansy Pills" below. The "Tansy Pills" advertisement claims to treat various ailments. Tansy was a real (and dangerous) herbal preparation marketed for women's health—a reference modern readers would recognize as related to reproductive issues. The page lacks prominent political cartoons or satirical commentary—it's essentially a commercial directory with period patent-medicine advertising.