The Wasp — 1893 — page 46: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is predominantly **advertising and notices** rather than satirical content. The visible material includes: - Bank notices and financial announcements for Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Bank - Patent medicine advertisements (Peruvian Bitters, Damiana Bitters, remedies for asthma, weak men) - Restaurant and business advertisements - A small section titled "NO FIFTH AVENUE ABOUT HIM" featuring brief humorous dialogue about someone's address in Gowanus - Various other commercial notices and classified advertisements The only clearly satirical element is the brief "NO FIFTH AVENUE" dialogue, which appears to mock someone's pretensions about their modest neighborhood address. The rest represents typical late-19th-century magazine filler—patent medicine pitches and financial notices—reflecting how such publications funded themselves.