The Wasp — 1889 — page 54: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **text and advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The left column contains "The Reunion," a poem about Civil War veterans meeting, touching on themes of shared sacrifice and loss ("the field was stoutly fought"). The center and right columns are dominated by **theater advertisements** (Alcazar Theater, Tivoli Opera House, Bijou Theater) and **commercial ads** (Epps's Cocoa, Dr. Josselyn's medical practice, patent covers for filing The Wasp, Pacific Bank). The bottom features "The New Leaf for 1889," a New Year's resolution poem promising social reform—swearing off vice, improving morals, and rejecting divisiveness. **No significant political satire is visible on this page.** It represents The Wasp as a San Francisco periodical balancing editorial content with local business advertising.