The Wasp — 1890 — page 109: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and notices**, not political satire or cartooning. It contains: - Maritime shipping schedules (Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Southern Pacific Company, Santa Cruz Division, Coast Division) - Travel ticket information and excursion notices - Classified advertisements for steamship lines to Japan, China, and Panama - Various humorous short dialogues ("How It Is Worked," "A Backslider," "Correct," "A Consoling Thought") featuring working-class characters discussing everyday frustrations The brief comic dialogues use dialect and situational humor rather than political commentary. They appear designed as filler content alongside the extensive commercial notices that dominate the page. There are **no identifiable political figures or cartoons** visible.