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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1923
Page
6
Aug 21 Manchester Iowa report on Bixby park eight miles east of the Devil's Backbone. Ice cave feature emits cold vapor and can ease hay fever. Visitors picnic in the glen, explore bubbling springs and bluffside rocks, with roads awaiting improvement for better access.
A vintage notice recommends using plain delatone powder mixed with water to remove hair from arms neck face or skin. Apply a thick paste, wait two minutes, rub off, then wash. Verify use of real fresh delatone to avoid skin damage.
A reader explains a home remedy using two ounces of calomite powder applied with a hot wet cloth to dissolve blackheads. The mixture is rubbed briskly over the skin, washing away the impurities and leaving pores clean.
A southern foothill scene describes a prehistoric rock formation likened to a castle with skyward rooms and arched sections. Narrow ledges form stairways amid moss and maidenhair ferns, shaded by trees. The site, preglacial and decorated through ages by earth and plant growth, remains largely unknown and pristine. Bixby Park is named after a pioneer family led by R J Bixby of Edgewood, a noted farmer and state legislator.
A short distance north of Edgewood a park is signposted with road markers guiding travelers to the locale.
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