Think of the fine! Man returns magazine to library 132 years late

The Concord Public Library had quite a surprise from a patron who discovered a long-overdue magazine. Read more trending news Typically, overdue books or magazines may be a few days or weeks late. Sometimes they are months or even years late. Rarely are they more than a century late. John Hanson, of Barrington, New Hampshire, recently returned a publication checked out 132 years ago. It was a copy of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, published in September 1894.When it was checked out, it was supposed to be for only a week. But the week stretched into weeks, months, and eventually years, NBC News reported.Hanson found it when he moved in 1966. But the 84-year-old has no idea how he got it. His parents didn’t have library cards for the Concord institution. He said his late wife Carol was a huge reader and frequently went to that library, but she would never have checked something out for so long. “So I don’t know if it’s something that I got as a gift that was given to me. Or di