His Own Home Town is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by Larry Evans.
As described in a film magazine,[3] an outcast from home, Jimmy Duncan (Ray) goes to New York City where, under an assumed name, he becomes famous as a playwright.
On the death of Carol's father Jimmy inherits the Chronicle, a newspaper he had been publishing in Worcester.
The extra he prints brings the politicians to his office, including Jimmy's own father, the Rev.
Upon their promise to leave town within the next twenty-four hours, Jimmy suppresses the next edition of the newspaper.