The Wasp — 1889 — page 108: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and notices** rather than political cartoon content. The main illustrations are commercial product advertisements: Pond's Extract (a popular patent medicine for bruises, wounds, and ailments), Epps's Cocoa, a sewing machine, and Liebig's Extract of Meat. The only satirical content appears to be brief comedic dialogues ("A Liberal Discount" and "A Clincher") featuring frontier/rural characters negotiating prices. These mock unsophisticated negotiating tactics and regional dialect humor typical of 19th-century American comic writing. The page reflects **The Wasp's** mixed revenue model—relying on patent medicine and consumer product advertising alongside satirical content to remain financially viable.