The Wasp — 1892 — page 517: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertisements and notices** rather than political satire or comics. The main content includes: - Bank notices and property seizure lists (Wells Fargo & Co.'s Bank, Notice to Claimants detailing seized goods) - Business advertisements (Percy L. Davis & Co. auctioneers, Pacific Business College, Abel Schmidt & Co. lithographers) - Medical notices and patent medicine ads - A small illustration of a man operating what appears to be a **laundry or pressing machine** (advertising "The Tailoring Palace") The only satirical element is a brief "**Socialistic Intelligence**" joke at bottom: "Labor—Who said it that first said 'property is robbery'? / Boy—I don't know. I suppose it was some fellow who didn't have any." This mocks socialist rhetoric about property ownership through a child's innocent response.