The Wasp — 1889 — page 89: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertisements and filler content** rather than political satire. The left column features "Holiday Goods" retail advertising for items like handkerchiefs and lace scarves, along with business cards for San Diego establishments (real estate, architects, land offices). The center contains poetry and humorous sketches titled "At Indianapolis," "A Cheap Costume," and "He Could Talk"—brief comedic pieces about social situations and marital discord (a husband debates buying his wife a parrot). The right side is dominated by patent medicine advertisements (Pennyroyal Pills, Rupture treatments, Opium Habit cures)—typical of 1880s publications. There is **no significant political cartoon or satire visible** on this page. It represents typical magazine filler from The Wasp's era.