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Contents: Miss Oliver's Christmas Gift * poem: Artie's Christmas Baby * A Geography Lesson * She Wanted Mottoes * "Sorry, but will do better" * The Swamp Skeleton: A True Frontier Story, ch. IV-VI * I Told You So * Three Famous Romans: Caius Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Brutus * poem: Dolly Doleful * How the Poor Live in Mexico * His Harvest * How Ben Spent the Day * Buried Treasures * Who is that Person? * Honey * The Boy Who Did His Best * Manufacture of Steel Pens * How to Foretell Frost * The Boys Who Don't Care * For the Little Ones * Drudge-Mothers and Lady-Daughters * Names Taken from Trades * Dore's Struggles * A Wonderful Thing is a Watch * Knotty Points * Our Holiday Number * For the Future.
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Phineas Price Mast was born on January 3, 1825 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of John and Elizabeth (Trego) Mast. His father, also born in eastern Pennsylvania, was a farmer and school teacher. When young Mast was five years old his parents moved to Ohio and established themselves on a farm near Urbana, where the boy grew to manhood.
He attended the public schools, and with the assistance of his father prepared for college. When he was twenty years old he entered Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated in 1849, having given especial attention to scientific and Biblical studies. He then returned to his home where he remained for a number of years, teaching school in the neighborhood, assisting his father in the farm work, and devoting his spare time to the grain and stock business.
In 1856 moved to Springfield, Ohio, where, with capital given him by his wife, he formed a partnership with John H. Thomas, bought the patent rights to the cider-mill invention of T. J. Kindelberger, and began its manufacture. Within a short time the partners undertook the manufacture of farm implements, their first products being a Buckeye grain drill and a corn plow. Seeing many opportunities for improvements in agricultural machinery, they began developing ideas of their own and within two years began making implements of their own invention, the first one being a seed planter, patented July 27, 1858. This was followed by other inventions, twelve in all, including improved seeding machines, cultivators, and fertilizer distributors. In 1871 Thomas retired from the firm, Mast purchasing his interest and organizing the corporation, P. P. Mast & Company, of which he was president throughout his life. He associated with him men of inventive minds and carried forward his development work. Between 1872 and 1880 a number of patents were issued to him as a co-patentee, and assigned to his company. Most of these were for improvements in grain drills, and all were incorporated in the machines manufactured by his company. About 1880 he became interested in the improvement of lawn mowers and windmills and organized Mast, Foos & Company for the manufacture of these devices with novel features of his own invention. Still later, he purchased the Driscoll Carriage Company and reorganized it as the Mast Buggy Company. At the time of his death he was the directing head of all three concerns. Mast was also financially interested in the publishing business. In 1879 he organized the firm of Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick and began the publication of Farm and Fireside, one of the most extensively circulated agricultural journals in the United States; the firm also published the Woman's Home Companion. Mast was president of the Springfield National Bank, established Mar. 31, 1882, and took an active part in the municipal affairs of Springfield, serving on the city council for twenty-two years. In 1895 he was mayor of the city. In addition to his manufacturing interests, he had large holdings of real-estate in Ohio, Kansas, California, and Georgia. He died on November 20, 1898.
Mast was for many years president of council, and was mayor of Springfield from 1895 to 1897, immediately preceding Mayor John M. Good as chief executive officer of the city. He was the inventor of the seed planter. He was also the organizer of the corporation, P. P. Mast & Company, of which he was president throughout his life and the firm of Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick.
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During his entire life, Mr. Mast proved himself a very public spirited citizen, and made many donations to public and charitable objects, among which was a gift of $40, 000 toward the erection of St. Paul's M. E. church of which he has been a member ever since its organization. He was greatly interested also in Ohio Wesleyan university of which for many years was a trustee, and to which he several times made monetary donations, the amounts of which are not known. He was a regular attendant at the commencement exercises of that college. The immediate cause of death were cancerous growths of the stomach and kidneys. Mr. Mast having been afflicted with stomach trouble while still a young man attending college. Lately the growths became very serious, and when Mr. Mast returned from French Lick Springs, Ind. , about five weeks ago, it was known that his death would be only a matter of a short time. His great ability as a business man has been practically demonstrated by his success along private lines, his service to the city having been correspondingly valuable. Besides this he has always been very generous to charitable works, and has made frequent contributions to his church and by the Associated Charities. Until he retired the last term, Mr. Mast had been continuously a Sunday school superintendent for forty years, having started as superintendent of the Central M. E. school and continuing in the same position when St. Paul's church was organized.
On January 4, 1850, he married Anna M. Kirkpatrick. At the time of his death in Springfield he was survived by three adopted daughters who were the children of his deceased brother.
