The Wasp — 1891 — page 34: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and notices**, not a satirical cartoon. It contains shipping schedules and commercial advertisements for steamship companies (Pacific Coast, Southern Pacific, S.F. & North Pacific R.R., Oceanic Steamship Co., and others), plus ads for Liebig's Extract of Beef and other products. The only potentially satirical content is a brief humorous dialogue under "Odd Fellows" about liver regulators and health remedies—likely mocking patent medicine advertising and health fads popular in the era. The page demonstrates how 19th-century satirical magazines mixed editorial content with substantial paid advertising to fund operations.