This week, the Sault Ste. Marie Public Library spells out the story of the first crossword puzzles published in the Sault Star
On January 7th, 1925, the Sault Daily Star jumped on a trend sweeping the world and ran its first ever crossword puzzle.
By the time the Star began running puzzles, crosswords had already established themselves as a craze – not only did people rush to complete them, but newspapers also reported breathlessly on every issue or piece of puzzler drama they could track down. In Los Angeles, a man dislocated his jaw yawning, in what was described as LA’s “first puzzle casualty.” Opticians also warned of the risk of eyestrain and headaches caused by “overindulgence in the pastime under wrong conditions.”
However, according to other articles, this fear was not necessarily born out: in one Pennsylvania psychiatric institution, doctors noted that crossword puzzles neither improved nor caused a decline in patients’ mental states, prompting the papers to say this “should comfort many a wife who fears the crossword craze may unbalance” her husband.
It was in the middle of this media frenzy that the Sault Daily Star introduced crosswords as a regular feature in their papers. And, to no one’s surprise, crossword popularity took off in Sault Ste. Marie as well. Advertisements for local businesses used the iconic black and white squares to catch people’s attention in their ads. At a winter carnival, featuring ice skating and a costume contest, Mr. W. Thompson took first prize for his crossword puzzle suit.
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