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The funeral of Francis McFarland was held at Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church.
This morning, Francis McFarland’s casket was moved to the pro-cathedral at the Mount Saint Joseph Convent and was then transported to Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church to lie in repose.
The Courant reported “Young Brainard of East Haddam” had been sentenced to hard labor after trying to pass himself off as Marshall Jewell’s son.
In the evening, Francis McFarland’s body was placed in its casket.
Plimpton Manufacturing Company began work on the government contract for stamped envelopes.
This morning, the directors of the Plimpton Manufacturing Company met and voted to increase the capital stock from $100,000 to $125,000.
Francis McFarland died at his residence on Woodland Street at 7:15 PM.
The federal government granted the Plimpton Manufacturing Company about one more week to comply with its contract to supply stamped envelopes to the post office department.
Linus Plimpton returned home after a trip to Washington.
The Springfield Union reported that Marshall Jewell had neither taken the contract for stamped envelopes from the Plimpton Manufacturing Company nor awarded it to George H. Reay of New York, as had been reported by other newspapers.