The Wasp — March 13, 1880 — page 13: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, featuring various San Francisco businesses (pebble spectacles, hat bazaar, sewing machines, pianos, gloves, tobacco). The only substantive editorial content is a brief section titled **"Human Trash and their Deserts,"** discussing a judicial case involving General McDowell and "The Council," criticizing what the writer calls their unjust handling of public finances and dealings with the unemployed. The piece advocates for rigorous oversight of city leadership and legitimate industry development. A separate article on the **Philadelphia Brewery** notes its substantial beer production (45,034 barrels in 1879). The page reflects typical late-19th-century *Wasp* content: local political criticism mixed with commercial advertising targeting San Francisco's middle-class readers.