Melvin and Ann Eliza (Allen) Green came to the county in 1851 and took three quarter sections of government land in Bloomfield Township; Melvin later served three years in Company M, First Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, and owned 350 acres when he died. Their son E. W. Green, born on the farm in 1872, built a two-story house from timber grown on his share of the land and served as township trustee. Harry J. Green, a minister's son, came to Decorah with his family in 1890, bought into the Decorah Public Opinion in 1896 and owned it outright from 1900, and was elected mayor of Decorah after the death of Mayor F. W. Daubney in 1912. Every fact below is cited to the 1913 county history.
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Pioneers of Bloomfield Township, 1851
Farmer, section 12, Bloomfield Township
Owner and editor of the Decorah Public Opinion; mayor of Decorah
HARRY J. GREEN.
Decorah is much indebted for its advancement and expansion, to the enterprise and ability of Harry J. Green, for he is not only foremost as one of the progressive newspaper men of the city but has also been closely connected with its public life, having served in various important positions and occupying at present the executive chair, doing valuable work in promoting public interests. Not only has he been prominent in local politics but has actively participated in the affairs of the nation as a member of important republican committees and conventions. He was born in Wyoming county, Iowa, August 3, 1875. the third son of the Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Green, and in his boyhood days removed with his parents successively to Toledo, Nashua, Janesville, Plainfield and Epworth, Iowa, at the latter place attending Epworth Seminary. In 1890 he moved with the family to Decorah which has since been his home. After a year spent in the Decorah high school he entered the Upper Iowa University at Fayette, from which institution he received his diploma and the degree of B. A. upon his graduation from the classical course. Returning to Decorah he entered the employ of the Decorah Journal to learn the printer's trade and a few months later became connected with the Decorah Public Opinion, a new paper which was then established in this city. In May, 1896, Mr. Green purchased a half interest in the paper, F. L. Akers becoming his partner, and this relationship continued until April. ikioo, when he bought out the interest of Mr. Akers. Since that time Mr. ( green has conducted the paper alone as owner and editor, building it up in its various departments until it is now one of the most valuable weekly newspaper properties in Iowa. His editorial style is clear and to the point and readily conveys to the reader the position the paper takes upon any public question. The news service is comprehensive, naturally giving to local affairs a wide berth. As the circulation has increased by leaps and bounds the advertising space has expanded and the Decorah Public Opinion is readily conceded to be one of the most valuable mediums for the merchant through which to reach the public.
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