Hanson was inspired to return the 19th-century periodical after the library announced a freeze on fines. A long-overdue magazine borrowed from a New Hampshire library in the US has finally been returned after a 132-year delay. John Hanson, an 84-year-old Barrington resident, recently walked into the Concord Public Library to submit the September 1894 issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine.
He has no idea how it ended up at his home, but upon seeing the fine freeze article in the Concord Monitor, he decided that it was time to return it to its original home!” The magazine was 48,220 days overdue and would have incurred a Rs 11.5 lakh ($12,055) fine.
Hanson said the magazine had been “hanging around” his house for decades, but he had no idea how it ended up in his home. “This September 1894 issue of “The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine” has been hanging around John’s house for decades.
