Archive for October, 2019

1921: The Pitkin Avenue Fire Cat and Her Lucky Halloween Kittens

Posted: 31st October 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories
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When a fire broke out on Halloween at 1632-1640 Pitkin Avenue in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, a mama cat was not about to let the firemen ignore her box of kittens.

1907: The Bedford Cats of Brooklyn Who Swam in Milk on Bergen Street, Part II

Posted: 27th October 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories
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When a Bergen Street trolley struck a horse-drawn milk wagon near the corner of New York Avenue in 1907, street cats and parlor cats came from every direction to wade and wallow in the spilled milk.

1907: The Bedford, Brooklyn Cats Who Swam in Milk on Bergen Street, Part I

Posted: 20th October 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories
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“Midnight prowlers and back-fence howlers enjoyed a lacteal orgy yesterday morning at the expense of William Evans, 250 Herkimer Street, whose milk wagon was struck by a Bergen Street trolley car.” New York Sun, June 30, 1907

1898: Lem and Tiger, the Republican and Tammany Hall Cats of the New York Elections

Posted: 2nd October 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Men
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When a large black cat walked in and took possession of the Republican Congressional headquarters on West 125th Street, everyone thought for sure that the Tammany candidate would lose the election.