The Wasp — 1890 — page 298: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and notices** rather than political satire. The dominant content includes: - **Railroad schedules** (S.F. & North Pacific R.R., Southern Pacific Company, Santa Cruz Division, Coast Division) - **Patent medicine ads** (Simmons Liver Regulator, Camphor Chloral Liniment, Dr. Gibbon's Dispensary) - **Brief humorous sketches** including "Poor Taste," "Odd Fellows," "An Apt Scholar," and "Birth as a Boomerang"—light social comedy rather than political commentary - **Small dialogue pieces** like "Two of a Kind" (a parent-child exchange) The humor is gentle domestic satire—conjugal misunderstandings, social pretension, and parenting—not political attack. The page reflects *The Wasp's* mixed model: satirical magazine combined with substantial advertising revenue, typical of 19th-century American periodicals.