The Wasp — 1891 — page 91: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **textual content** rather than cartoons. The masthead and small illustration at top show *The Wasp* logo (a wasp attacking a figure). The main articles critique: 1. **"Infamous Business"** - attacks San Francisco newspapers (*Call*, *Examiner*, *Chronicle*) for running advertisements for brothels and "massage parlors," which The Wasp argues are fronts for prostitution. The piece demands papers stop accepting such ads. 2. **"Give It a Chance"** - argues for using electricity in executions rather than other methods, citing a recent electrocution in New York. 3. Additional pieces discuss the World's Fair, political corruption, and Federal postal policies in San Francisco. The satire targets media hypocrisy and corruption, characteristic of Gilded Age muckraking journalism.