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Sam Houston Brand and Menger Finest Quality Peaberry Coffee Steel Cut label registrations, Tea and Coffee Trade Journal, June 1928

The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal for June 1928 (p. 854) prints the “Labels Registered” digest, recording two Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. entries in the Week Ending May 1, 1928 batch: “Sam Houston Brand” (Reg. No. 33,914) and “Menger Finest Quality Peaberry Coffee Steel Cut” (Reg. No. 33,915), both for coffee. Unlike the trademark-pending mosaics, the labels listing is text-only — no drawings were published — so this crop captures the verbatim trade-press attestation of both brand names. The Menger entry is one of the few products H&H marketed under the Menger surname rather than a separate trade name.

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Labels Registered — Week Ending May 1, 1928: 33,914 — Sam Houston Brand — Coffee — Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co., San Antonio, Texas 33,915 — Menger Finest Quality Peaberry Coffee Steel Cut — Coffee — Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co., San Antonio, Texas

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