“A Cup of Good Coffee” — San Antonio Express-News, 28 May 1916
A rule-bordered display ad on newsprint in the 28 May 1916 (Sunday) San Antonio Express-News (page 14): a rebus panel at the left shows the figure 18, a woman’s head, an apple, the letters HIS, and the line “HER NAME IS MINNIE” under early H. & H. Blend art; the main column sets A CUP OF GOOD COFFEE in heavy serif type, then 35¢/lb vacuum-packed can copy, a Movie Pennant in each can, and a fifty-word contest for ten one-pound wins. The sign-off is Hoffmann–Hayman at the Caffarelli Building, 307 North Medina Street—a concrete North Medina address for the firm before the later 331 Burnet Street and factory-era chapter.
Transcription (display advertisement)
Heads and contest framing
- A CUP OF GOOD COFFEE (banner beside the rebus; small rule text: HER NAME IS MINNIE under the puzzle art.)
- A CUP OF GOOD COFFEE is the right start for the day’s work. Our H. & H. BLEND COFFEE is roasted and packed daily and we have thousands of pleased customers, who say, it possesses a strength and aroma equalled in no other blend. Packed in air-tight cans, with a Movie Pennant in each, it is REAL COFFEE VALUE at 35c per pound, without coupons or premiums—just coffee.
- We also carry a superior line of high-grade Teas and Spices that are ground and packed according to our own ideas. Their strength and purity has ofttimes been commented upon.
- To the person sending us the correct answer to our rebus, with the best article of not over 50 words, as to “Why H. & H. Blend Coffee is the Best Coffee Made,” we will present with our compliments, 10 one-pound cans of H. & H. Blend Coffee.
- HOFFMANN-HAYMAN COFFEE COMPANY,
Caffarelli Building. 307 North Medina Street.
Source
- “A Cup of Good Coffee” (display advertisement), San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, Tex.), 28 May 1916, p. 14.
- Newspapers.com (image viewer): newspapers.com/image/1270962855/ (accessed 26 Apr 2026; clip downloaded 22 Apr 2026 per PDF).
- PDF (site archive): 1916-05-28-a-cup-of-good-coffee.pdf.
