The above article, which appeared in the Cleveland News on March 21, 1918, describes the funeral of legendary Cleveland Republican ward leader Bernard "Brick" Masterson. It provides insight into the political power that Masterson wielded on the west side of Cleveland in the first two decades of the Twentieth century. Three years after his death, one of his political protegees, Ward Eight Councilman Michael H. Gallagher, successfully sponsored legislation to name the little park on the northwest corner of West 25th Street and Detroit "Masterson Square." | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Historical Newspaper CollectionDownload Original File
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