The Wasp — 1893 — page 226: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *The Wasp* is primarily **advertising and classified notices** rather than editorial cartoons or satire. The page includes: - Bank and mining company advertisements - Patent medicine ads (Damiana Bitters, Tarrant's Extract, Beeman's Pepsin Gum) - Personal classified notices and announcements - A brief humorous dialogue about "Getting Back" between friends discussing finances The only satirical content appears to be small, conversational humor pieces—like exchanges about marriage and theater tickets—rather than political cartoons. The page reflects *The Wasp's* mixed format: primarily a vehicle for San Francisco advertisements and local notices, with humor interspersed throughout rather than concentrated in visual cartoons. The medicines advertised suggest late 19th or early 20th-century publication.