Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1899 to 1905
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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 | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.1 | Masthead | Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. E>UBI,ISHEI> DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVII. Tuesday, 3 rd January, i8 99 No. 1. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.10 | SPECIAL TELEGRAM. | SPECIAL TELEGRAM. TELUK ANSON. (31st December) Tin Shipments The shipments to-day arc To Penang, 218 pikuls of tin. To Singapore, 3,249 of ore. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.11 | WARREN'S CIRCUS. | WARREN'S CIRCUS. The popular and enterpri->i g Mr. George Warren arrived Lere to .'ay and is making arrangements foi a in Penarg- The preliminary aiuoiin.ement appears in the advertisii 4. n iinint, and the opening night in all piobability will be Friday. Singapore papers maikedly tefer to the clever and | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.12 | WRECK OF THE "PERDANA.†| WRECK OF THE "PERDANA.†News reached here yesterday that the s. s. Peidana, Capt. Hendry, bad gone ashore on the lighthouse spit at Kuala Kwantan on the 27th inst., a message arriving from the Captain in a Malay prahii. The vessel is staled to b? very badly placed, and is | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.13 | THE PARSI THEATRICAL COMPANY. | THE PARSI THEATRICAL COMPANY. The Parsi Thea'rital Company gave theâ– play Kamar-ul-Zaman and Badooraâ€Â® last night to a fairly large audience. The 1 p'ay was excellently acted by the entire I 'empany, but special mention ought 1 to be made of the acting of Mr. Bho’a I as the King, | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.14 | ALLEGED ASSAULT IN CARNARVON STREET. | ALLEGED ASSAULT IN CARNARVON STREET. On Saturday, Lim Cheok Kee wabrought up before Mr. Howard and wal charged with ctiminally-trespassingintoM-Ang Lee Hoc's house and voluntarill causing hurt to the occupier On the ari plication of tlie prosecutor, the case transferred to the First Court, to be trie! together with the | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.15 | OUR CIVIL GUARD | OUR CIVIL GUARD According to jheTopicist in the Singap Free Proc', therejis something Cl ri-tmas-. about the Penaniproposal for a Civil Guai (not a Volunteer! Arnie 1 Police but ratln a “Fireside Brigadeâ€) in defence of il Hearts and Homes†of fair Genrgetoiv The movement as not tl.e result of | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.16 | THE COURT OF TURIN IN PENANG. | THE COURT OF TURIN IN PENANG. Soon after the arrival of the. P. and i s.s Coromandel in Penang harbour. < Stel< ken, Italian Cbnstil, entered 11 eccT'm I steam-laun< h Leo, v;lii<di hail been p ace j at his service by ti e Resident Cornu i fl and went | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.17 | ALLEGED UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY | ALLEGED UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY Twenty four Chin\men, of three d'fPj ent clans, but rnrvuly of that <a‘- Lim,†appeared before Mr. Ho"'" r Saturday and weft- severabv with the crime known as unlaw 1 blv†All the defen’ants pleaded guilty." Inspector Stenhouse, l’ n in charge of the cas sn>d hel | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.18.1 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 | ma q The Most Popular Collection _a D- of Songs Kii’c New Year* Published. Only $2 each. The Globe Song Folio,’ PRITCHARD CO. contains go Popular Songs and Have on view a splendid assort- Duets. ment of ‘The Century Folio of Music, 75 Songs, Pieces and Dances. Silver Ware, Electroplate, | NA |
Column legend
| Title | Column name | Data type | Unit of measure | Description |
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| 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_2a81c69204884bcb90870217cf8baad6" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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