The Wasp — 1887 — page 379: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and transportation schedules** rather than satirical content. It contains: - Railroad and steamship timetables (Southern Pacific Company, S.F. & North Pacific R.R., Pacific Coast Steamship Company, and others) - Excursion ticket information - Commercial advertisements for various services The only substantive non-advertising content is **"Tarrant's Extract: Cubebs and Copaiba,"** a patent medicine advertisement featuring a religious figure (appears to be a saint or monk) promoting digestive remedies. There is no visible political cartoon or satirical commentary on this page—it represents the typical late-19th-century publication mix of editorial content interspersed with extensive paid advertising and schedules that subsidized magazine operations.