The Wasp — 1888 — page 163: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertising and transportation schedules**, not satirical content. It contains listings for: - **Southern Pacific Company** railroad excursion trains and schedules - **S.F. & North Pacific R.R.** train routes - **S.P. & N.P. and Sonoma Valley R.R.** notice - **Pacific Mail Steamship Co.** vessel schedules to Hawaii, China, and Japan - **Oceanic Steamship Co.** Hawaiian routes - **Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company** Japan and China service - **Pacific Saw Manufacturing Co.** advertisement There is **no visible political cartoon or satirical content** on this page. "The Boss" appears to be a small business advertisement for a manufacturing company at the bottom. This is a typical back-page of a 19th-century publication devoted to commercial announcements rather than editorial satire.