The Wasp — 1890 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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# The Wasp - Page Analysis This page features biographical profiles and engravings of two prominent California Republicans: **Judge A.J. Buckles** and **Hon. H.W. Byington** of Santa Rosa. Rather than satire, the content appears to be straightforward editorial coverage celebrating their political and military careers. Buckles is noted as a Civil War general and subsequent California judge. Byington's biography emphasizes his early settlement of California, business success, and Republican political leadership in Sonoma County, including his service as mayor and congressman. At the bottom, a brief humor section titled "PROBABLY" contains a comedic dialogue about reincarnation, unrelated to the biographical content above. This appears to be standard political promotion rather than satirical cartooning.