The Wasp — 1889 — page 399: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **transportation and shipping advertising**, not political satire or comics. It contains schedules and notices for: - Southern Pacific Company train routes - Local ferry services from San Francisco - Pacific Coast Steamship Company routes - Oceanic Steamship Company services to Hawaii and colonial destinations - Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company (Japan and China routes) - Williams, Dimond & Co. shipping services - Pacific Mail Steamship Company - Blake, Moffitt & Towne book and stationery suppliers The only non-advertising content appears to be "Never Known to Fail," a patent medicine advertisement for "Tarrant's Seltzer" and "Gueess and Copaiba" remedies. This is essentially a **classified advertising section** from a late 19th-century publication, reflecting San Francisco's role as a major Pacific shipping hub.