The Wasp — 1879 — page 62: what you’re looking at

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This page contains a "Answers to Correspondents" advice column rather than political cartoons. The section header shows a typewriter illustration labeled "ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS." The column responds to reader letters on miscellaneous topics: a San Francisco gas company's pricing, tree-cutting machinery, lawyers' lifespans, a person named Much Moore's marriage prospects, General Lewis at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and cockroach remedies. The tone is satirical and deliberately absurd—offering ridiculous answers to sometimes trivial questions. For instance, one response suggests wearing tight boots to grow corn on your foot, and another discusses a "Grandfather's Clock" that plays violin. This appears to be humorous filler content rather than political commentary, typical of late-19th-century satirical magazines that combined actual advice columns with comedic parodies of the format.