The Wasp — 1888 — page 99: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains commercial ads for: - **Burke's Stout** (beer), with warnings against imitations - **Anderson & Tallon** (furniture/ranges) - **Rosenthal's** (boots) - **Salfield's Rejuvenator** (a patent medicine advertised as a "trial bottle" remedy) - **L.A. Bertelings** (optician services) - **Barretts** (printing/publishing in San Francisco) The central content is a **poem or prose piece titled "None of Your Business,"** which appears to be satirical social commentary about minding one's own affairs and not interfering in others' matters. The page reflects late 19th-century advertising practices, including dubious patent medicine claims and typical commercial notices of the era.