The Wasp — 1887 — page 317: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and transportation schedules**, not satirical content. It contains: - Train and steamship timetables from Southern Pacific Company, S.F. & North Pacific Railroad, and Pacific Coast Steamship Company - Stage connections and excursion ticket prices - A small advertisement for "Napa Soda Springs" resort featuring natural hot springs and a swimming pool - An advertisement for "The Boss" Pacific Saw Manufacturing Company - A prominent advertisement for "Queebs and Copaiba" featuring a religious figure (likely Saint Queebs), advertising a medical remedy for "gout and rheumatism" and other ailments The Queebs advertisement uses religious imagery to market what appears to be a patent medicine—a common and often satirized marketing practice of the era. However, this page itself functions as commercial content rather than satirical commentary.