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An overdue library book makes a return trip to the shelves — 119 years later

There are overdue library books. Then there's An Elementary Treatise on Electricity, which was last checked out in Massachusetts in 1904. It finally made it back after being spotted in West Virginia.

WEKU · Jul 8, 2023

Extremely overdue book returned to Massachusetts library 119 years later

A Massachusetts library is celebrating the return of a book more than a century after it was last checked out

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2023