Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
NBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Other
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A magazine, checked out and overdue from a New Hampshire library, has finally been returned — perhaps as long as 132 years late.
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magazine → check → library
John Hanson, an 84-year-old Barrington resident, recently strolled into the Concord Public Library to turn in a relatively well cared for edition of “The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine” from September of 1894.
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Hanson → stroll → 1894
But when Hanson returned it, the library was in the midst of a “fine freeze,” which canceled late fees.
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which → return → fees
“Yeah, when I saw that, I said to myself, ‘Boy, this would be a good time to bring it back,’” Hanson told NBC News on Tuesday.
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Hanson → see → Tuesday
The magazine is clearly the property of the Concord Public Library with a bookplate bearing its name and a reminder to readers that this periodical “may be kept for one week.”
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periodical → bear → week
Archivist and outreach coordinator Jennifer Needham was working at the circulation desk when Hanson arrived with an envelope in hand.
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Hanson → work → hand
“‘I have a book to return and I bet you haven’t seen anything like this,’” Needham said, recalling Hanson’s introduction.
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Needham → have → introduction
“I honestly thought it was going to be from the 1980s, 90s, or 2000s.
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it → think → 1980s
But then he pulled this out and I was like ‘Ooo tell me more!’ ”
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I → pull → more
Hanson, a Concord native, said he first came upon the periodical during a move from Boscawen to Barrington in 1966.
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he → say → 1966
He didn’t know then, and still doesn’t know now, how the work got into his possession.
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work → know → possession
His parents didn’t have Concord Public Library cards, he said.
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he → have → cards
But he insisted that she, more than anyone else, wouldn’t have allowed a checked out book or magazine to languish for so many years.
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book → insist → years
“I don’t know, I really don’t know (how the book came into his possession),” Hanson said.
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Hanson → know → possession
“So I don’t know if it’s something that I got as a gift that was given to me.
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that → know → me
Or did I pick this up from a pile of free books on the side of the road to read?
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I → pick → road
I honestly don’t know.”
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I → know → ?
The periodical was typical of its time with a wide variety of writings that included poetry, essays and news.
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that → include → poetry
One topical story in that edition that caught Needham’s eye was about the rise of playgrounds at urban public schools.
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that → catch → schools
“That’s one thing that was really interesting,” the librarian said.
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librarian → ’ → ?
“I didn’t know this history, that they were arguing that more city schools should have outdoor spaces for children to play.
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children → know → spaces
It sounds like during that time, that just wasn’t a priority.
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that → sound → time
It’s interesting that they would play inside then.”
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they → ’ → ?
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