The Wasp — 1893 — page 476: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is predominantly filled with advertisements for patent medicines, food products, and services typical of late 19th-century San Francisco. The left side features Scott's Emulsion (a cod-liver oil product) and fire insurance ads. The right side contains ads for dental services, schools, and various tonics and remedies. The only satirical content appears to be a poem beginning "HE WAS going to get her money" that mocks a fortune-hunter's failed schemes. The refrain "To come right down to facts, / He got it where the chicken gets the ax" suggests his plans ended badly—a crude metaphor for failure or downfall. Otherwise, this is a commercial page rather than political satire.