IDAHO FALLS — EastIdahoNews.com is looking back at what life was like during the week of Nov. 17 to Nov. 23 in east Idaho history.

1900-1925

BLACKFOOT — A 14-year-old boy was accidentally shot and killed by his hunting companion while in the process of shooting a rabbit, The Bingham County News reported on Nov. 23, 1916.

Alpha Barrette, son of A. Barrette, the local manager of the Gem State Lumber Company, was the one killed. The paper said this was “the saddest hunting accident of the year.”

“The full charge of a 10-gauge shotgun, at a distance of seven feet, entered the back of the skull, completely tearing the back of the head away and most of the forehead,” the paper reads.

It continued, “The bereaved and heartbroken parents have the sincere sympathy of this entire community in th

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