The Wasp — 1879 — page 103: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertisements**, not political satire. It contains: 1. **Left column**: H.T. Helbold's Compound Fluid Extract of Buchu — a patent medicine claiming to cure "all diseases of the Bladder and Kidneys" and various ailments. The price is $1.00 per bottle. 2. **Right side**: Multiple commercial ads including: - Nicoll, the Tailor (New York branch) advertising suits, pants, and overcoats - C. Herrmann (hats, San Francisco) - S.B. Mattson & Co. (cigars and tobacco, San Francisco) The illustrations are decorative Victorian-era engraved graphics typical of period advertising—cherubs, gentlemen in top hats, and other ornamental elements meant to attract buyers' attention. **No political commentary or satire is evident** on this page. It represents standard 19th-century magazine advertising.