The Wasp — 1879 — page 68: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and business notices**, not satirical content. It contains: - **Dividend notices** from various San Francisco savings and loan societies (dated 1878-1879), announcing interest payments to depositors - **Commercial advertisements** for local businesses: Joe Poheim (tailor), Weston's Bakery, Coloma Vineyard wines, Low Mills (roast meats and coffee), D. Canty & Co. (candies), and others - A prominent ad for **Piper-Heidsieck champagne** with a bottle illustration - Repeated ads for **"Smoke Old Judge" cigarettes** - A subscription notice for *The Illustrated Wasp* itself There are **no political cartoons or satirical commentary visible** on this page. It represents standard late-1870s San Francisco commercial content mixed with the magazine's own masthead advertising.