Consumer Bulletin Magazine - October 1959 - Releases

Consumer Bulletin was a highly respected consumer product information magazine from the 1930's onward. It was the main competitor to Consumer Reports from the 1930's through the 1960's. [B]Articles on Products and Ratings in this issue include:[/B]

• Anti-freeze
• Floor waxes (brands tested: Aerowax, Beacon, Beautiflor, Butcher, Continental, Ful-Gleam, Fullustre, Johnson's Glo-Coat, Johnson's Paste, Kengrip, Klear, Preen, Sears Maid of Honor, Simoniz, Stanley, Stride, Wilbert)
• Should you wax your floors?
• Pop-up toasters (brands tested: Fostoria, General Electric, Hamilton Beach, Nelson, Toastmaster, Westinghouse)
• Painting of galvanized steel
• Painkillers and "cold remedies"
• Patent medicines bought over the druggist’s counter without prescription may often be dangerous
• Home is where the hazard is... [I]You can’t be too careful around moving machinery— many household appliances have their perils. One unsafe condition or one unsafe act may be the cause of an accident. If both occur, as may happen, you, or a child in the home, are likely to be in real trouble[/I]
• Low-priced stereo amplifier
• Three stereo pickup cartridges (brands tested: General Electric, Shure Custom, Shure Professional).
• Removing tree stumps
• Paint at a bargain?
• "National Titanium" is with us again
• Misleading labels on electric appliances
• Single-solution processing of photographic film
• First, send for the fire department—unskilled attempts to put out fires are often futile, may be fatal
• Clippings on matters of consumer interest are welcome
• Eliminating bats

[B]Regular Features Include:[/B]

• The Consumers’ Observation Post
• Brief cumulative index
• Editorial [I]What is a good television program, and who says so?[/I]
• Listings of Current Phonograph Records
• Ratings of Current Motion Pictures