The Wasp — 1889 — page 73: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and commercial notices** rather than political satire or editorial cartooning. The content includes ads for: - Patent medicines and remedies (for gonorrhea, catarrh, weak men, piles) - The "New Home" sewing machine (prominently featured) - Printing and lithography services - Various San Francisco businesses and saloons There is one brief **humorous poem titled "The Funny Cobbler"** about a shoemaker's financial struggles, and a short anecdote "Located Him at Last" involving a policeman and a Spring Street woman—light humor rather than political satire. The page reflects late 19th-century American advertising culture: patent medicine claims (many fraudulent by modern standards), gender-targeted ads, and local business notices. There are no identifiable political cartoons or caricatures of public figures on this particular page.