The Wasp — 1890 — page 61: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *The Wasp* is primarily a directory of transportation and shipping schedules rather than satirical content. It contains: - Southern Pacific Company railway timetables listing departure and arrival times for passenger trains - Stage connection information - Advertisements for steamship companies (Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Oceanic Steamship Co., S.F. & North Pacific R.R., and Pacific Mail Steamship Co.) - A brief humorous dialogue titled "A New Reading" about nursery rhymes and the Epistles - Business directory listings for Williams, Dimond & Co. (Commission Merchants) The page functions as a practical transit guide with minimal satirical content—the brief comedic exchange about biblical texts appears incidental to the commercial transportation information dominating the layout.