This section is from the book "A Manual Of Home-Making", by Martha Van Rensselaer. Also available from Amazon: A Manual of Home-Making.
One of the following agents should be used in removing glue spots:
1. Water. Either soak the spot in warm water or, if small, sponge it. Occasionally it is necessary to boil the stained material.
2. Vinegar. Sponge the spot or soak it in vinegar.
Grass and other fresh green foliage.
One of the following agents should be used in removing stains of this character:
1. Hot water and soap, as in ordinary laundering. Remove the stain mechanically, by thorough rubbing.
2. Grain or wood alcohol. Apply by sponging. This is especially useful upon materials which laundering might injure.
 
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