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A room successful Colorado precocious received nan unexpected return of a book that was owed backmost successful '19.
The twelvemonth 1919, that is.
The transcript of "Ivanhoe: A Romance," a caller by Sir Walter Scott, was primitively owed backmost astatine nan Fort Collins Public Library and Free Reading Room connected February 13, 1919.
Instead, nan personification who checked it retired held onto nan book for rather a spot past its owed day — until it was precocious discovered successful Kansas much than a period later.
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The book was dropped disconnected anonymously astatine nan Poudre Libraries successful February, astir 105 years since it was due, nan room strategy announced successful an April 8 article posted connected its website.
The female who returned nan book said her relative recovered it successful their mother's belongings.
The transcript of "Ivanhoe: A Romance," was returned to nan Poudre Libraries astir 105 years to nan time aft it was due. The room did not complaint a precocious fee. (Poudre Libraries)
A sticker placed connected nan wrong cover of nan book warns that nan room personification would beryllium taxable to fees if nan book were returned late.
"A good of 2 cents per time shall beryllium collected connected each books. If a messenger beryllium sent for a detained book an further complaint of 25 cents shall beryllium collected," said nan sticker.
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The $760 precocious interest successful 1919 dollars would beryllium adjacent to astir $14,000 erstwhile adjusted for inflation, said nan library.
Despite nan written informing successful nan book, nan personification who borrowed nan book will not person to salary a cent.
The Poudre Libraries stopped charging fines successful 2020, said their website.
The Poudre Libraries are 3 libraries that are located successful Fort Collins, Colorado. (Poudre Libraries)
A typical from nan Poudre Libraries told Fox News Digital that she was gladsome nan book was backmost — and that group should return immoderate room book they find, sloppy of really overdue it mightiness be.
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"On nan 1 hand, we don't want group to support books for 100 years, but things happen, and we understand that," Katie Auman, Poudre Libraries' communications improvement director, told Fox News Digital successful a telephone interview.
While nan recently returned transcript of "Ivanhoe: A Romance" will not beryllium returning to circulation, location are other, newer, copies of nan book that tin beryllium checked out, said nan library. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
"Every azygous nationalist room is going to activity pinch customers to thief them out," she said. "It's decidedly not thing to beryllium acrophobic of."
It "brings america a small spot of joyousness and humor, erstwhile we spot these older books coming through, having been very well-loved for many, galore decades," Auman said.
While this peculiar transcript of Ivanhoe: A Romance is not going to beryllium put backmost into circulation successful nan room system, nan room does person (considerably newer) copies of nan book that tin beryllium checked out, said their website.
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The Poudre Libraries dwell of 3 room locations successful Fort Collins, Colorado.
The original room wherever nan book was checked retired has been renamed respective times, and nan location wherever nan book was checked retired is now a organization center.
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In 2009, nan 3 libraries successful Fort Collins were fixed nan sanction "Poudre River Public Library District," says nan Poudre Libraries website.
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Christine Rousselle is simply a manner newsman pinch Fox News Digital.
