Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1920 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ot the Country. SHORT HITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towne —Matters of Minor Mention From Many Localities. JAKE DIEN HART DROPSY VICTIM Well Known Ijafayette Hotel Man Died laud Friday. Lafayette, Meh, 13. —Jacob D’enhart, age 50, one of the proprietors of the Hotel Lahr, and a member of the city council, died of dropsy yesterday at hie home In this city. He had heen Hl for several weeks. Mr. DleOhnrt had worked his way up from a bellboy's job at the hotel to a partner in its ownership. He started to work at the hotel 35 years ago and in 1912 he and two partners bought the business. He was state treasurer of the Catholic Order of Foresters, and was active in the Knights of Columbus and Elks. Mr. Dlenhart was serving hie third term on the city council and was prominently identified with the Democratic party throughout the state. He was active in business affairs of the city. A widow and six dMldren survive. The funeral will be held Monday at St. Boniface church.