Did you know that a man returned a 99-year overdue book to the New Bedford library. The overdue fine was a penny a day, or about $360
A few days, yes. A week, sure. A month, maybe. Plenty of overdue books are returned to libraries around the country. But 99 years?
A 75-year-old man from Mansfield walked into the New Bedford Public Library on Monday to return a book that was due in 1910.
Stanley Dudek returned the book, “Facts I Ought to Know about the Government of My Country” by William H. Bartlett, which was due on May 2, 1910. Dudek said he had found the book in his mother’s possessions after she died in 1998 and didn’t realize it was a library book until last year.
A man returned a 99-year overdue book to the New Bedford library. The overdue fine was a penny a day, or about $360
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