The Wasp — 1888 — page 376: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and literary content** rather than political cartoons. The main text pieces include: 1. **"Resenting an Insult After Twenty-Eight Years"** — a humorous story about a former state convention delegate named Shorter who encounters a lawyer (Mayberry) at a postmaster's office. The lawyer had insulted him decades earlier, and Shorter finally confronts him, threatening violence. The narrative satirizes holding grudges and the absurdity of delayed revenge. 2. Various **advertisements** for bonds, banking services, and patent medicines (cough remedies, consumption cures), typical of 1890s-era magazines. The page lacks prominent political cartoons or caricatures. It represents the mixed editorial-commercial format common in satirical magazines of this period.