Archive for August, 2018

Since my last two posts were about too many cats, I thought it appropriate to be fair and balanced by following up with a story about the history of the Daily News and too many dogs. Years ago, the New York Daily News had a daily feature called “The Inquiring Photographer,” in which citizens suggested questions […]

In Part I of this Old New York cat story, we met Dr. Hale, the superintendent of Brooklyn’s public baths who was arrested and charged with uncleanliness — that is, for having a messy house filled with way too many cats. In Part II, I’ll tell you why the fur was flying at 40 First Place […]

Part I: Guilty of Having Too Many Cats Many people ask me how I find all the stories for my Hatching Cat blog. One of the things I often do is search for keywords in the old newspaper archives that are available online. For this story, I searched for news articles about “too many cats.” […]