Archive for the ‘Cats in the Mews’ Category

On May 30, 1897, The New York Times and New York Sun reported on a cat fight that took place in the Battle Row neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan. Both cats survived, but they caused quite a bit of damage to an apartment on West 60th Street.

On May 14, 1892, The New York Sun reported a cat stuck in a tree in the yard of Mrs. King’s three-story brick row house at 227 West 11th Street. The scheme devised to rescue the cat was amazing!

On April 24, 1904, The New York Times reported that Bull, the famous black mascot cat of the Cotton Exchange, had gone on strike. A few days later, the price of cotton had dropped $13 a bale. Many newspapers, including The New York Times, reported that Bull the cat was responsible for the sudden bear market and the Cotton King’s downfall.

On March 27, 1904, a mother cat and her kittens tried to attend Bishop Henry C. Potter’s confirmation service at the new Episcopal Church of the Archangel on St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem.

Red Cross was a pure white kitten who was born at Bellevue Hospital in 1904, All the doctors adored her, and she had full run of the hospital grounds–including one very tall tree.