returned it during amnesty like a guy turning himself in the day the warrant expires
Man returns 132-year-old magazine to library. Perfect timing helps him dodge a $12K late fee.
John Hanson, 84, returned a September 1894 issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine to Concord Public Library in New Hampshire during its fine amnesty, dodging roughly $12,055 in fees on a 48,220-day loan. He'd had the magazine since a move in the mid-1960s and never knew its origin. Archivist Jennifer Needham was stunned by the item, which covered 1890s debates on outdoor school playgrounds and carried ads for Beeman's Pepsin Gum and Hernan Cortez Cigars.
Source: Man returns 132-year-old magazine to library. Perfect timing helps him dodge a $12K late fee. — Upworthy
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