The Wasp — 1879 — page 168: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains four separate commercial advertisements from late 19th-century San Francisco businesses: 1. **H.T. Helmbold's Buchu** - a patent medicine claiming to cure bladder and kidney diseases 2. **C. Herrmann & Co.** - a hat retailer 3. **S.B. Wattson & Co.** - cigars and tobacco wholesaler 4. **J.J. Neu** - wines and liquors 5. **Gundlach's Spiedel** - American cable wines The ads feature decorative Victorian-era illustrations typical of period publications. There is **no political cartoon or satire visible** on this page—it serves as the magazine's revenue-generating advertising section, common in 19th-century periodicals.