Spices come from many plants and various countries — San Antonio Light, 26 Aug 1923

The San Antonio Light of 26 August 1923 (page 63) runs a long household column, “Spices Come From Many Plants and Various Countries,” under the subhead “Four Corners of World Are Called Upon to Supply American Household,” walking readers through where pepper, ginger, cinnamon, and dozens of other seasonings are grown. It shares the trade-section spread with the Hoffmann-Hayman factory copy that day and helps document how the press explained spice provenance in the same era the company was building out its H and H spice line.

Transcription (feature article)

SPICES COME FROM MANY PLANTS AND VARIOUS COUNTRIES
Four Corners of World Are Called Upon to Supply American Household

The article surveys household spices in turn: pepper (climbing plant; black vs. white; India, Siam, China); cayenne / capsicum (Americas, Zanzibar, Singapore, Malabar, etc.); paprika (Spain, Hungary); ginger (India, China, Africa, Jamaica, Japan); cinnamon and cassia (Ceylon, etc.); nutmeg and mace (West Indies, Macassar); allspice (West Indies); cloves (Zanzibar, China); and various seeds (caraway, cardamom, poppy, coriander, mustard, fennel, sesame, etc.). It closes with vanilla (orchid; Mexico and Central America noted as a source of fine beans).

Long column text: align wording to the scan; minor gaps or column breaks marked with ellipses in a future pass.

Source

• “Spices Come From Many Plants and Various Countries” (feature), San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), 26 Aug 1923, p. 63.
• Newspapers.com: newspapers.com/image/1258680699/ (accessed 27 Apr 2026).
• PDF (archived from work/inbox/): 1923-08-26-san-antonio-light-spices-come-from-many-plants-and-various-countries.pdf.