Tom didin't think that the papers got out all the news fast enough. He felt by the time people got their paper it was old news. He created his own newspaper called the Paul Pry around 1862. He was only 15. It was a huge success and everyone wanted one. He bought his own printing press for twelve dollars.

Thomas Edison: Boy Inventor
Sue Guthridge
1947
Pages 158-169

The New Book of Knowledge
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