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- John Hanson returned a September 1894 issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine to the Concord Public Library.
- The item was 48,220 days overdue, which would have incurred a theoretical fine of $12,055.
- The library recently implemented a one-year fine freeze that allowed the return without financial penalty.
- Staff plan to preserve the magazine as an archival item rather than putting it back into circulation.
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- Decisions on whether to display the magazine in the Concord Room
- Long-term impact of the library's fine-free policy on return rates
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Named United States · Concord Public Library · Henry James · John Hanson · Mark Twain · New Hampshire Public Radio · The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine · The Guardian
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