The Wasp — 1879 — page 218: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains: **Left side:** A full-page advertisement for "Helmboldt's Buchu," a patent medicine claiming to cure bladder and kidney diseases. The ad lists numerous ailments it allegedly treats and costs $1.00 per bottle. The company is located in Philadelphia. **Right side:** Four separate advertisements for San Francisco businesses—hatmaker Cherryman & Co., tobacco wholesaler S.B. Wattson & Co., wine dealer J. Renz, and Gundlach's Famous Claret table wines. There is **no political cartoon or satire visible** on this page. It represents typical 19th-century magazine advertising, including the common promotional claims of unregulated patent medicines that would later be restricted by food and drug legislation.