Ghosts of DC The lost and untold history of Washington

This is clearly not sound medical advice, but this is a humorous article I dug up in the Washington Times. It’s from December 2nd, 1896. “The X-rays won’t take out hair, won’t they?” asked W. B. Hammond in a tone of deep disgust. “Just look at that!” and he turned the right side of his head around to the light, ... Read More »

You read that correctly. As in Napoleon Bonaparte … that is, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte III, the great-grandson of Jerome Bonaparte, Napoleon’s youngest brother. Oh, Jerome III was also the great-grandson of Daniel Webster. Impressive lineage. What set me down this path was the photo below. I came across it on Shorpy and had to figure out the story behind this malcontent ... Read More »