The Wasp — 1892 — page 167: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and notices**, not satirical cartoons. The content includes: - A Wells Fargo banking advertisement - Multiple mining company assessments and notices (legal requirements for stock assessments) - Product advertisements (Liebig's Extract of Beef, Horsford's Acid Phosphate, Beeman's Pepsin Gum) - Short literary/humorous pieces like "How He Worked It" (a dialogue about attending theater) and "They Don't Yell" (about a dentist) The only identifiable satirical element is the small poem "A Great Loss," mocking someone's dental extraction. **The page reflects late-19th-century California commerce**: San Francisco mining stocks, banking operations, and patent medicines were major concerns. The notices indicate *The Wasp* served practical business purposes alongside satire. No political figures or major social commentary appear on this particular page.