Man returns library book overdue 99 years

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By CBS 3 Springfield News

Story Published: Dec 15, 2009 at 5:27 PM EDT

Story Updated: Dec 15, 2009 at 5:27 PM EDT

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - The book Stanley Dudek finally
returned to the New Bedford Public Library this week wasn't overdue
by a week, a month or even a year.

It was nearly a century overdue.

"Facts I Ought to Know about the Government of My Country" was
supposed to have been returned on May 10, 1910.

Dudek told the Standard Times newspaper he came across the book
while going through things that had belonged to his mother, who
died about 10 years ago.

He decided that returning the book to the city - even after 99
years - was the right thing to do.

The overdue book fine was a penny a day in 1910. That would have
added up to a total fine of $361.35, but Dudek wasn't asked to pay
it.

The library plans to display the old book in its special collection.

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