Stephen L. Robinson

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Stephen L. Robinson,  The Robinson Telegraphic Cipher

“ Time is too valuable these days of rush, to use a dollar's worth hunting through a big code to save a few cents in Telegraph Tolls.
Better use two code words, combining the phrases of each, for even then you will seldom fail to get your Telegram inside ten words.
The All Important Thing is Safety.
Very few realize the liability of error by the receiving operator in receiving cipher or code words by sound, where the connecting words are no help.
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Source: Gutenberg

Stephen L. Robinson,  The Robinson Telegraphic Cipher

“ Play The market has been largely oversold. Playful Market is cornered. Playfully Holders are very firm. Playmate Holders are firmer in their views and are not disposed to sell freely even at the advance. Plaything Holders are asking higher prices. Plead Holders are now asking ____ Pleader Demand is chiefly to fill short contracts. Pleasant Demand is purely speculative. Please Buyers are giving a decided preference for future delivery. Pleasing Buyers at last quotations, but holders demand an advance. Pleasure More buyers than sellers. Plebian Short sellers are buying freely. ”
Source: Gutenberg

Stephen L. Robinson,  The Robinson Telegraphic Cipher

“ In the majority of codes the cipher words are virtually copied as they come out of a dictionary. Many words so little in use that the sending operator for fear of sending one wrong asks to have the words rewritten, thus causing delay that may cost as much as if sent wrong.
During the past thirty-five years The Robinson Telegraphic Cipher has been, and is still in use in nearly every city and town in the United States and Canada having a telegraph office. Thousands using it, yet the errors in transmitting its code words are less even than in messages in plain English.
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Source: Gutenberg

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