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Man Returns Magazine 48,220 Days Late — and Avoids a $12K Library Fine
The library says the magazine could have carried $12,055 in fines, but a yearlong fine freeze cleared the late fees.
- John Hanson, an 84-year-old Barrington resident, returned the September 1894 issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine to the Concord Public Library in New Hampshire last week, 132 years after it was first checked out.
- Hanson, a Concord native, discovered the periodical during a 1966 move from Boscawen to Barrington and decided to return it after learning about a one-year fine freeze announced by the Concord Monitor.
- Archivist Jennifer Needham recalled surprise when Hanson arrived at the circulation desk with the envelope. She noted the edition contained an article on urban playgrounds that was 'really interesting' from the late 19th century.
- In theory, Hanson would have owed a $12,055 fine for being 48,220 days overdue, but the library waived the fee because it was in the midst of a one-year fine freeze designed to encourage patron returns.
- The library will not return the magazine to circulation; instead, staff plan to place the rare 1894 edition in the Concord Room, where city-related archival materials are displayed for the public.
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An 1894 magazine was returned after 132 years. The borrower was spared a Rp 200 million fine due to a fine freeze policy.
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