The Wasp — 1887 — page 93: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and advice columns** rather than political satire. The main content includes: 1. **"How to Cure Skin & Scalp Diseases"** — a medical advice column promoting Cuticura Remedies, a patent medicine with claims about treating various skin conditions. 2. **"Agamemnon's Caller"** — a humorous anecdote about an Irishman's encounter with Union Army veterans, playing on ethnic stereotypes common to 19th-century American humor. The joke relies on mispronunciations and working-class Irish dialect for comedic effect. 3. **Numerous local Sacramento and Stockton advertisements** for businesses, banks, and products typical of 1880s regional commerce. The page contains **no identifiable political cartoons**. It represents standard magazine filler content mixing dubious patent medicine ads with light ethnic humor.