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--Mr Jones named him for one of his Wall Street millionaires--David Barnes--and he came down and had David's picture taken when he was about two weeks old. And Elisha Dyer, he's in New York. He was named from one of those big millionaires. And George Sheldon. All of those. So-- (sighs) 
(Interference on tape)
MRS STARR: This one worked. It worked, this morning--
MINNIE: Oh, it's working now? 
MRS STARR: I have it playing in there. 
MR STARR: You want to take it off this machine? 
MRS STARR: ....operate a little while, when I get ready, then I'll start....
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MINNIE: ...when someone of my age, and haven't ever traveled or been anywhere much, or anything like that, would have much history or something to tell, but I have the-- One of my insurance men come down here. They was talkin' to me, said, "Minnie, you got to get some history." I told him, however can I? He said, "Make it." 
MR STARR: You're making it now. 
MINNIE: He said, "Minnie, make history!" He said that--
MRS STARR: When was that? When did he say that?
MINNIE: Oh, that was here just before Christmas. I see him. He came down here, said, "Minnie, make history!" But there was-- I know all my life-- Say--you'll have to say a whole lot of all this history you read about, people with these-- Artist[[strikethrough]]e[[/strikethrough]]s and different people--all this, that