Leap Day ‘Symphony Day’ — H. & H. Blend, free match box, 29 Feb 1916

This Tuesday, 29 February 1916 (leap day) San Antonio Express ad pairs a line drawing of a one-pound H and H BLEND tin with a full column of event copy. The city dubs the extra day “Symphony Day,” with a St. Anthony Hotel musicale, Menger card party, and Soledad Rink skating. Hoffmann-Hayman ties in “Made in San Antonio” and offers a free enameled metal match box (retail 15¢) with every two-pound can of H. & H. Blend—this date only—fulfilled through the grocer. A footer insists the blend is sold only in one-, two-, and three-pound air-tight cans, never in bulk.

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An Extra Day—
Tuesday, February 29th

Has been given us this year to do with as we please. In San Antonio it is to be known as “Symphony Day.”

The musical clubs of the city will give jointly a Musicale and Dansante at the St. Anthony Hotel from 4 p. m. to 6 p. m.; a Card Party at the Menger Hotel, and a Skating Party at the Soledad Rink in the evening. The ladies of the various clubs are invited to visit our booth at The Express Cooking School and enjoy a refreshing cup of Coffee before they begin their “round of pleasure.”

You possibly wonder what “Symphony Day” means to us—well, it’s “Made in San Antonio,” and that’s enough for us.

Here’s what we are going to do. To every lady ordering a two-pound can of “H. & H. Blend” Coffee, we are going to give absolutely free, a handsome, enameled, metal match box that would cost 15c at any store. Both to be delivered through the grocer. This offer good on this one day only.

H. & H. Blend Coffee is sold in One, Two and Three-Pound, air-tight cans only. Never in bulk.

HOFFMANN-HAYMAN COFFEE COMPANY
SAN ANTONIO :: TEXAS

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• San Antonio Express (San Antonio, Tex.), 29 February 1916 (Tuesday, leap day). Project scan: 1916 Feb 29 San Antonio Express H and H ADV.jpg in the Newspaper Clippings gallery.