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(Special from the Illinois State Historical Society, Old State Capitol, Springfield) Illinoisans enjoyed a relatively quiet July 4, 1879. Of course there were the usual parades, picnics, horse races, balloon ascensions, boat and train excursions, speeches,- readings of the Declaration of Independence, and the constant din of firecrackers and other noise makers. Injuries from explosions and brawls, however, were scarce com­ pared to previous years. During the rest of the month there were villainies enough to keep reporters' busy, according to a check of the newspaper files of a century ago in the Illinois State Historical Library here. Chicago was without an organized July 4 celebration- the main attractions were picnics, steamboat excursions on the lake, and horse racing at two tracks. "Professor Kinney," who was to put on Springfield's show, decided that his balloon was too small to carry six passengers as he had planned. Accordingly, the Daily State Journal reported, he had twenty seamstresses make a new one "50 feet in cir­ cumference, upward of 100 feet high" using "900 yards of cloth." As the new balloon was being inflated a sudden gust of wind blew it out of the netting and it btjjrst, thus ending the main attraction of the day. At Cairo, the Daily Bulletin reported, the "grand feature" was the racing at St. Mary's park. During the race for Cairo work horses a mule strayed out on the track and collided with Silver Tail, one of the racers. "The concussion was tremendous and Silver Tail was thrown from his feet." The last race was called off just as a "tremendous rainfall set in and the day's entertainment was necessarily concluded." The month's big story in the Chicago Daily News began July 7 with the top headline "Mary Herrick's Sad Story." The tale continued for the next ten days. Mary (her real name was In Illinois 100 Years Ago PAGE It • PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY, JULY M, 1911 Edith, the first headline had been a mistake) was from Boston and was a member of a traveling group of girls selling books for "Captain" Willard Glazier. The book was titled "Heroes of Three Wars," which the "Captain" falsely claimed to*have written. Edith, "a young (15) and charming brunette" backed up "the claim of her sweet, in­ nocent face and engaging, naive, manner by a par­ ticularly pleasing story of ambitious longings to rise in the intellectual world and earn sufficient to pay for the com­ pletion of her education." Her total sales in Chicago were put at 700 books. In the meantime, however, she had succumbed to the wiles of the "Captain" who seduced her with a promise to divorce his wife and marry her. After arranging an abortion for Edith and giving her $10 the "Cap­ tain" left town. Edith sent for her mother who came and immediately swore out a warrant for the "Captain." He was found in St. Louis "living with six young lady can­ vassers." MissouriHaw posed a problem of extradition, which a detective solved by sending a former "female acquaintance of Glazier's" to East St. Louis. •She lured the "Captain" across the river where he was arrested. Glazier claimed he was "a victim of blackmail" but, to avoid going to court, "paid Mrs. Herrick $550" and "signed papers" binding him to pay $50 a month for a year. Th« only thing to do with rd advic* is to paw it on. it nmr of any use to oneself." Oscer Wilde U«KC The Cairo Bulletin carried the story of a widow with five children who was changing trains in the city and had her "carpet sack" containing "every dollar she had in the world" snatched by two thieves. The crooks hopped a freight bound for St. Louis. The woman, "having lived several years in Southern Illinois and attuned her voice to the calling of cattle and hogs a mile away," yelled for help and the police soon were there. They could do nothing because the train was speeding on, but as it approached the incline to a bridge the two rear care became uncoupled and rolled „ back. The robbers jumped off just in time for the police to catch them and return the widow's "carpet sack." 'The ert of life lies in e oorotant readjustment to our surroundings." Okakure Kakuto Take ,Action Against Wastewater Violators The midwest regional office of the U.S. Environmental Protection agency has released its quarterly noncompliance report on wastewater dischargers in the six-state region who failed to comply with the requirements of their National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) wastewater discharge permits. The agency said that of 1,075 major dischargers in the region, including industries and municipalities", 394 or 37 per­ cent were in violation of their applicable requirements at the conclusion of the reporting period. The reporting period covered violatipns between Jan. 1 through March 31. The types of violations that occurred ranged from a failure to submit a discharge monitoring report to failure to meet a construction schedule to violations of the final effluent limitations contained in the permits. The^breakdown of major violators by State is as follows: Illinois, 152; Indiana. 22; Michigan, 71; Minnesota, -20; Ohio, 97; and Wisconsin, 32. All of these dischargers' violations are being followed up with appropriate enforcement actions, by the state or EPA, to compel compliance with permit conditions and bring the dischargers back into full compliance. Formal enforcement actions have been initiated against the most serious violations either by the state pollution control agencies or by the U.S. EPA. Under Federal law, every municipality, industry, or government agency which discharges wastewaters into the water of the United States must have an NPDES permit before they can legally discharge wastewater. 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