The Wasp — 1879 — page 372: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and notices**, not satirical content. The main elements include: - **Gundlach's American Table Wines** advertisement (top) - **Antisell Pianos** ad featuring T.M. Antisell & Co. in San Francisco - Various local business notices (Burton Ale House, macaroni factory, etc.) - **W.E. Lane's Patent Triplet Sewer Trap** advertisement with product illustration - **Patent covers** notice for filing Wasp issues - Small ads for coal, tobacco, garden hose, and corns/bunions remedies The only potentially satirical element is the **small text fragment at top** referencing "Professor Thrum" and "Ben Franklin Self-supportin' Pills," which appears to mock patent medicine or charlatan products—a common Wasp target. However, the page is overwhelmingly commercial rather than editorial content.