This section is from the book "A Manual Of Home-Making", by Martha Van Rensselaer. Also available from Amazon: A Manual of Home-Making.
When a material has not been rinsed sufficiently and is ironed with soap still present in the fiber, stains sometimes appear which resemble iron-rust stains, but usually are lighter yellow in color. Use the following for such stains:
Soap and water (ordinary laundering). Bleaching in the sun helps to remove stains which are especially persistent.
 
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