The Wasp — 1890 — page 25: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page consists primarily of **election statistics and advertising**, not political satire or cartoons. The upper half displays **Congressional Election results from 1888** for California's Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth districts, showing vote tallies for various Republican, Democratic, and American (likely Prohibition) party candidates. Below that is a short humorous narrative titled "Don't Mention It" about a tourist at a hotel dealing with a pushy bellhop and various other service workers—a light comedic anecdote with no clear political target. The bottom half is a full-page advertisement for **Terry & Co., a furniture and carpet retailer** established in 1868, located at Market Street in San Francisco. The page serves primarily as a historical document of 1888 electoral data and period advertising rather than satirical commentary.