San Antonio Express — ‘Buy in San Antonio’ league ad with Merchants and Morrison coffee, 19 Nov 1911

This Sunday, 19 November 1911 spread is not a single H and H ad but a Jobbers and Manufacturers League cooperative page in the San Antonio Express: a headline argument for buying from San Antonio jobbers and manufacturers, then a dense grid of boxed trade listings. For the Hoffmann-Hayman story the noteworthy coffee lines are Merchants Coffee Company (1222 West Commerce, “Fresh Roasted Coffee”)—the firm that later partners in the 1912 Hoffmann merger—and Morrison Coffee Company, roasters of Bronco Blend coffee, which Hoffmann-Hayman eventually acquires. Dechmann Coffee Co. also advertises fresh roasted coffee on the same page, situating several independent roasters in one 1911 retail landscape.

10 A SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1911.

IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO BUY IN SAN ANTONIO

SAN ANTONIO MANUFACTURERS, JOBBERS AND WHOLESALERS, the Merchants “with the goods” are prepared to fill your orders, no matter how large they are, or how varied your selection may be.

A visit to this market will convince you that even this late in the season you will find a large and excellent selection to pick from.

YOU REALLY should buy your goods in TEXAS. This means that if it is QUALITY, PRICES and SELECTION you are after, YOU WILL BUY IN SAN ANTONIO.

NOW IS THE TIME for you to replenish your stock. We have just the kind of goods that you desire. Your orders can be promptly filled, and you can get your orders filled quicker by buying in San Antonio. Besides, your freight rate is less.

All lines of business are represented by the houses whose names are listed below, all being members of the JOBBERS and MANUFACTURERS LEAGUE, which assures you that you will receive a “SQUARE DEAL” when trading with them.

We Solicit Your Mail Orders

“The Ham What Am.” West Texas Bank & Trust Co. Garanty Trust Co. Maverick-Clarke Litho. Co. Caffarelli Brothers Lone Star Commission Co. Use “Liberty Bell” Flour A. B. Frank Co. W. E. Smith Albert Arstein Morrison Coffee Company M. Haft & Bro.

Leading Financial Institutions of San Antonio Alamo National Bank Frost National Bank National Bank of Commerce State Bank and Trust Co. City National Bank Bee Candy Manufacturing Co. Lange Soap Company M. Castaneda & Son American Overall Co. Merchants Coffee Company West Texas Bank & Trust Co. Newton, Welker & Wagner Co. Goodman Grocery Co. J. Oppenheimer & Co. Union Meat Company King-Richter Mfg. Co. Maverick-Clarke Litho. Co. Austin & Foster Platter Tobacco Co. M. Bernheim & Co. The Gottlieb Liquor Co. Ed Steves & Sons Pierce-Fordyce Oil Ass’n J. E. Muegge & Co. Wm. Basse Hardware Co. Frank Taloreto Lone Star Brewing Company Merchants Ice & Cold Storage Company Hoffmann Joseph Courand Ed Friedrich Hugos-Schmeltz & Co. Schultzke Store & Hdw. Co. Berman & Zadek Brunschwitz-Biram-Reich Co. Tamales! Tortillas! Albert Arstein Sherwin-Williams Paint Store Pionner Flour Mills B. M. Hammond & Co. Allensworth-Carnahan Co. Morrison Coffee Company S. A. Machine & Supply Co. The Hardware Store San Antonio Drug Co. Pyne & Crane M. Haft & Bro. CIGARS

Source

• San Antonio Express (San Antonio, Tex.), 19 November 1911 (Sunday), p. 10. Project scan in the Newspaper Clippings gallery (San Antonio Express (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911 Sun, Nov 19 page 10.jpg).