Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1891 to 1897
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Newspaper title | Issue id | Issue Date | Edition | Page Id | Page Number | Article Id | Article Title | Article Text 1st50words | Contributor |
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| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18910103-1 | 1891-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18910103-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18910103-1.2.1 | Masthead | Pinang Gazette and STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAYAthuRSDAY ANEk. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. â– tapf 20*CENT8. VOL. XLIX. SATURDAY. JANUARY 3, 1891. No. 1 | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18910103-1 | 1891-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18910103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18910103-1.2.10 | THE MINISTER AND HIS SAUSAGES. | THE MINISTER AND HIS SAUSAGES. (ftt-Bil*.) A MiNisiE«*jn one of our orthodox churches, whiiejMi Hflhuay to preach a funeral sermon called to see one of his members, an old widow lady, who lived near Alic road he was travelling. The old lady had -just been making sausages, and she felt | (ftt-Bil*.) |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18910103-1 | 1891-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18910103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18910103-1.2.11.1 | Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 | new advertisements. I^’ es in (Ms column will be charged fullest notice? 1 rR Adoiph FriedeßlCHS has been ad- mitted a partner in our firin from this date. HERM. JEBSEN Co. Penang, Ist January, 1891. 3 notice. t ttE have opened a branch of our firm at 49. Beach Street, | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18910103-1 | 1891-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18910103-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette18910103-1.2.12 | EXCHANGE. | EXCHANGE. Penang, ’Jud January, Rltes LOSE as FOl.fibWS: London, Demand Bank dollar. Do, 4 months’sight Bank... 3'OL Do. ti Credirtr 3/7 Do. G Documentary «3/7J Ctf'cntta, Demand Bank ...Bs. 224 Do. 30 days' sight Private,, 22»! Bombay, Demand Bank Do. 30 days' sight Private 2®j Madras, Demand Batik 22U‘ Do. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18910103-1 | 1891-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18910103-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette18910103-1.2.13 | REUTER’S TELEGRAMS. | REUTER’S TELEGRAMS. Dr. Koch and Leprosy. X London, 29th December.— Two lepers, have been ino.culated at Madrid with Dr. Koch’s lymph, are doing well. Similar experimffits in Vienna give a favourable result incases of tubercular leprosy; but it appears to be useless in the smooQi type. Death of Dr. Schliemann. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18910103-1 | 1891-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18910103-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette18910103-1.2.14 | DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE. | DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE. B{RTH.. f 1 Trani Hl.w..—On December, 1890, at Batu Gajah, Kinta, the wife of E. C. J. Trant hell, of a son (still-born). | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18910103-1 | 1891-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18910103-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette18910103-1.2.15 | THE LAND REVENUE SYSTEM. | THE LAND REVENUE SYSTEM. The system on which the land of tbej Colony should be dealt with has bettra subject which, from the very origin tligse has caused incessantanxietf* and thought on the part of the ruling powers for the time being, with greatly varied results. The policy pur* 1 | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18910103-1 | 1891-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18910103-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette18910103-1.2.16 | TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.. | TELEGRAPHIC EXC HANGES.. (Erom Madras and Rangoon Papers.) News from Afghanistan. Allahabad, 9th December. The latest news H'rom Kabul reports that the Amir iff gtill busying himself with adtninHnratAe matters, though suffering from another attack of gout. He has expressed his high approval of Mr. Pyne's progress at the workshops, | (Erom Madras and Rangoon Papers.) |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18910103-1 | 1891-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18910103-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette18910103-1.2.17 | STRAITS AND LOCAL. | STRAITS AND LOCAL. «ngapore.-THE CmNA .Concluding a strong artfole on this subject'in which, after dwelling on the ip. justice and danger of th* confiscatory** jclaiisWs of tho proposed Bill, it pointe'* lout that the unofficial arc: 1 peculiarly fitted from their relations with j Asiatic traders to express an opinion, | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18910103-1 | 1891-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18910103-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette18910103-1.2.18.1 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 | THE AGRA BANrtl LIMITED. C A pit a i 1,000,000. (One Million Sterling.) Head Office: Nicholas Lane, Lombard Str., LondiwC E.C. BLANCHES AND AGENCIES IN INDIA AND CHINA. Calcutta Kvbkaciiee Hongkong» Bombay Agra Busiiikb Madras La-WOre Bussoraii Rangoon Shanghai Singapore 184 BOUSTEAD Co., Agents, Perfa/ng j ROBINSON Co. ARE NOWSHOWING | NA |
Column legend
| Title | Column name | Data type | Unit of measure | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newspaper title | newspaper_title | Text | - | Title of newspaper |
| Issue id | issue_id | Text | - | Issue ID |
| Issue Date | issue_date | Text | - | Issue date |
| Edition | edition | Text | - | Edition |
| Page Id | page_id | Text | - | Page ID |
| Page Number | page_number | Text | - | Page number |
| Article Id | article_id | Text | - | Article ID |
| Article Title | article_title | Text | - | Title of article |
| Article Text 1st50words | article_text_1st50words | Text | - | First 50 words of the article text |
| Contributor | contributor | Text | - | Contributor- an entity that made contributions to the article |
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.import requests base_url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search" url = base_url + "?resource_id=d_1cb3d6e4ab7e93448361745cf80419c9" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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