Word: tupper
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John Prior established themselves as leading batsmen. Twelve members of '29 received track letters, the most outstanding of these being captain-elect Reid, who captured the two mile run in the IC4A championships at the Stadium. Other '29 trackmen were A. E. French, R. G. Luttman, and G. A. Tupper...
Professional Gallery. In Tupper Lake, N.Y., 2,000 members of the Northern New York Volunteer Firemen's Association raced from their convention to a blazing house nearby, shouted advice and aided local fire fighters until the structure burned to the ground...
Marriage: Married in 1902 at 21 to Elizabeth Carter Coles. She died in 1927. In 1930, he married Katherine Boyce Tupper Brown, a widow. He has no children. One of his three stepchildren, Lieut. Allen Tupper Brown, was killed in action in Italy...
Figure of Fun. For a time Queen Victoria had a taste for Tupper's poetry. When the Princess Royal married Prince Frederick of Prussia, she commanded lyrics from Tupper, and ordered him to the palace to present the bride & groom with specially bound copies of Proverbial Philosophy. The bard got a private audience and passed the books direct from his own common paws into the royal hands. He was told it was an honor that had been done to only one other British writer-George III was once as gracious to Dr. Samuel Johnson. Americans were impressed with Tupper...
...story told by Biographer Derek Hudson is a tragic one. Tupper had his success young. In the '60s the public outgrew him, and he became a figure of fun. As people began to snicker, other disasters struck him too. He lost his savings in speculations. His publishers went bankrupt and failed to pay him. His wife became an alcoholic and was out of her head for a time. His eldest son ran hugely into debt, was kicked out of the army, and almost broke Tupper's heart when he was found suffering from delirium tremens in a prostitute...