The Wasp — 1891 — page 487: what you’re looking at

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This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content**, not political satire. The layout features: **Main article**: "Ridge and Starr King" - a biographical reminiscence about John R. Ridge (Cherokee nation leader) and Thomas Starr King (orator/preacher), describing a lecture the author attended in Marysville, California. The piece discusses Ridge's character and his mixed-race Cherokee heritage. **Scattered advertisements**: Insurance companies, bed manufacturers, garden hose, and beef extract products fill the margins. **Satirical dialogue at bottom**: A brief comedic sketch titled "In the Russian Bath" featuring humorous exchanges about stretching land, using only pocket handkerchiefs, and becoming a poet. The page lacks the concentrated political cartoons expected in a satirical magazine, being instead a mixed editorial/commercial format typical of 19th-century periodicals.