Summary: Pressure cooker exploded in school kitchen, child’s death under investigation, boy opened fire on JC Penny.

Idaho Falls – EastIdahoNews.com looks back on the week of October 17-23 in East Idaho history.
Shelley – Teton Peak reported on 20 October 1904 that a Shelley man had been “beaten” by a bartender.
CJ Underwood was “in trouble” with the bartender at Kearney’s Saloon, so he went home, grabbed his gun, and headed back to the bar.
The article explained: “On the way back … two of his brothers met him, they tried to take the gun away from him, and another fight ensued, in which the three brothers fought for weapons.”
All three brothers were injured in the dispute. One of them was “badly bitten on the arm during a fight.”
PRESTON. The Preston Citizen reported in their October 21, 1943 newspaper that a pressure cooker had exploded in Preston’s school kitchen.
This happened at Jefferson High when Selma Edwards used a pressure cooker. The explosion “nearly damaged several kitchen utensils”.
“There was a stove full of beets in the container, and the explosion left a bloody mess on the ceiling and walls of the kitchen,” writes Preston Citizen.
LEVEVIL. The death of a one-year-old boy from Lewisville is being investigated, according to The Rigby Star.
The newspaper reported that on October 21, 1965, law enforcement officials ordered an investigation into the death of Lance Costello, as it was said that the cause of his death was unknown.
“At first, the child was taken to the Toll Clinic without a local doctor, and in Idaho Falls the child was delivered by Gary Cox from Louisville, who accompanied the father and brother of the child,” the document says. “The baby died as soon as he was born.”
Parents say their son fell out of bed. The newspaper notes that during the investigation, bruises were found on his body.
POCATELLO. On October 21, 1977, an Idaho newspaper reported that two 5-year-old boys set fire to a pile of shirts at JC Penney.
The boys ran out of the parked car, which was supposed to be waiting inside, and entered the store’s restroom. They “quickly started a small fire of paper towels and toilet paper.”
“Thirty-one boys’ shirts caught fire before store employees put out the fire,” the article says.
The boys were not charged because of their age, but the newspaper said their parents “could be compensated.”
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