The Wasp — 1890 — page 216: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertisements and commercial content** rather than political satire. It features: - Theater listings and amusement notices - Multiple steamship and railroad schedules (Southern Pacific, S.F. & North Pacific, Santa Cruz Division, Coast Division, Pacific Coast Steamship Company) - Product advertisements, including **Simmons Liver Regulator** (a patent medicine) - Brief humorous filler pieces titled "Odd Fellows," "In the Navy," "A Grave Offense," and "Good Cooking" The humor is gentle, non-political wordplay—such as a doctor joke about burying someone. The Simmons Liver Regulator ad uses the common period trope of mock testimonials claiming medicinal benefits. No significant political cartoons or satire appears on this page.