‘Not a telephone directory’ — H. & H. Blend grocer list tease, 3 Mar 1916

This 3 March 1916 San Antonio Express snippet is a tight follow-up to longer list-style ads: the headline promises a list of San Antonio retail merchants selling “H. & H.” Blend Coffee who “believe in supporting Home Industries,” but this crop of the page only carries the exhortation—ask the grocer, and if the store does not stock the line, a serious merchant “will get it for you.” The paragraph still documents brand positioning (“always the same”) and local framing at the height of the grocery-can campaign.

Transcription

This Is Not a Telephone Directory, But a List of
San Antonio Retail Merchants Selling Our

“H. & H.” Blend Coffee

and Who Believe in Supporting Home Industries.

If you enjoy drinking good coffee that is always the same, ask your grocer to send you “H. & H.” COFFEE. If he does not handle it, and appreciates your trade, he will get it for you.

Source

• San Antonio Express (San Antonio, Tex.), 3 March 1916 (excerpt; companion list may appear elsewhere in the issue). Project scan: 1916 Mar 3 San Antonio Express H and H ADV 1.jpg in the Newspaper Clippings gallery.