The Wasp — 1890 — page 226: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertisements** with minimal satirical content. The main visible elements are: **Advertisements include:** - Radah's Microbe Killer Company (San Francisco) - Scott's Emulsion for consumption treatment - W. & J. Sloane & Co. furniture store (San Francisco) - Various patent medicines and remedies **The "That's So!" section** appears to be a satirical column mocking dubious medical claims—specifically criticizing "Microbe Killer" as a fraudulent remedy sold by making false health claims. The satire targets quack medicine marketing practices common in this era. **Overall context:** This reflects late 19th/early 20th-century American skepticism toward unregulated patent medicines and their extravagant advertising claims, even as such advertisements dominate the magazine's pages.