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Library Book Returned 100 Years Late

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

“It has reached a point where it’s not just an old book, it’s an artifact.”

Library books at the oldest public library in Manchester, UK.
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A library book that was more than 100 years overdue has finally been returned in St. Paul, Minnesota. Someone found the book, “Famous Composers,” in a relative’s possessions and returned it to the library where it had been checked out in 1919.

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