Archive for June, 2023

1915: Pussy Suff, the Cheerleading Cat of the Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Association

Posted: 22nd June 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cats in the Mews
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There is a saying that goes, “Cats rule. Dogs drool.” When it came to picking a side during the women’s suffrage movement in Brooklyn, the cat in this story ruled. She picked the winning side–the Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Association.

1899: The Birthday Festival for Ko-Ko, the Revered Cat of Mrs. Edwin Knowles

Posted: 12th June 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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To celebrate her beloved cat’s 13th birthday, Mrs. Sarah Knowles held a fancy breakfast in his honor at her home in Brooklyn. Many newspapers across the country picked up the story and waxed poetic about the pampered cat.

1899: The Lifesaving Pets of Brooklyn That Saved Three Families on St. Marks Place

Posted: 2nd June 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories
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But for an alarm of fire sounded by the three pets in the household of Bernard Abrahams at 90 St. Marks Place in Brooklyn, the members of three families may have lost their lives on August 23, 1899. That day, Mrs. Abrahams was awakened by the barking, screeching, and meowing of the family’s brindle bull […]