The Wasp — 1889 — page 415: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and transportation schedules** rather than satirical content. It contains: - Train and ferry schedules for the Southern Pacific Company and related transit operators - Steamship advertisements for Pacific Coast routes, Hawaiian service, and international lines to Japan and China - Shipping company notices and ticket office locations in San Francisco The only identifiable satirical element is a small illustration labeled **"NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL"** promoting "Tarrant's Seltzer" with what appears to be a vintage patent medicine advertisement featuring a figure in robes—typical snake-oil marketing that *The Wasp* would mock. The page reflects San Francisco's late 19th-century role as a major Pacific shipping hub. No specific political satire or cartoon is prominently featured here.