Newspapers-The Penang Patriot-1898 to 1900
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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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| The Penang Patriot | penangpatriot18980504-1 | 4 May 1898 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.1.1 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE PENANG PATRIOT. PUBLISHED WEEKLY EVERY WEDNESDAY FVENING VOL. 11 PENANG. WEDNESDAY MAY 4 1898 fNO 1 | NA |
| The Penang Patriot | penangpatriot18980504-1 | 4 May 1898 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.1.1 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.2.2 | The Yellow Girl that Wink’d at Me | The Yellow Girl that Wink’d at Me our attention I call for a while. lo a m »ng I am goinu to sing you. Its about a pretty yellow girl I met whil8t I was walking, and she threw such a glance nr me; Siie was pretty and as lovely | NA |
| The Penang Patriot | penangpatriot18980504-1 | 4 May 1898 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.1.1 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.2.3 | A LIGHT FOR SOME FOLKS. | A LIGHT FOR SOME FOLKS. There must he a voluntary element in human aers. In evidence of this position., we miht consider I hat in order to any tiling; bong done for an end. there is r« qniste some sort of knowledge of the end. Whatever aovnt, therefore, acts from | NA |
| The Penang Patriot | penangpatriot18980504-1 | 4 May 1898 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.1.1 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.2.4 | Interesting Stories. FROM TAMIL. | Interesting Stories. FROM TAMIL. In an ancient town of India, whose name 1 do not recollect, there lived a prince of rare and excellent qualities. Remarried a princess of the Pandyan race. She was a person of middle stature and of masculine courage with dark blue eyes and faircomplexion. To | NA |
| The Penang Patriot | penangpatriot18980504-1 | 4 May 1898 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.1.1 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.2.5.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | NOTICE. THE DIAMOND JUBILEE PRESS. ESTABLISHED AUGUST 1897. To perpetuate the Auspicious Diamond Jubilee year of Her most Gracious Majesty’s prosperous and glorious reign. m iT jttSffUfi. Jon works can be undertaken at moderatecharges which mav be ascertained on application to the Manager, MahomedCi'fesim, No. 130 Chulia Street l'euang. THE | NA |
| The Penang Patriot | penangpatriot18980504-1 | 4 May 1898 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.1.2 | 2 | penangpatriot18980504-1.2.6 | OURSELVES. | OURSELVES. In point of literary attainments, the Malav Pei<iuBul:t is not now what it was half a century The school master, if we may use the expression is aboard. Every class of uien ia mad after English Education Whatever be the merit or demerit of the Government Educational Code, the | NA |
| The Penang Patriot | penangpatriot18980504-1 | 4 May 1898 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.1.2 | 2 | penangpatriot18980504-1.2.7 | TELEGRAPHIC EXTRACTS FROM LOCAL AND FOREIGN PAPERS. | TELEGRAPHIC EXTRACTS FROM LOCAL AND FOREIGN PAPERS. An American torpedo-des-troyer engaged a Spanish gun boat oft* matanzas Eleven shots were exchanged by the two vessels. After this, the American vessel retired apparently damaged* The four—masted ship shon. amlo ah luu arrived at Liverpool. The repoted capture of the vessel was | NA |
| The Penang Patriot | penangpatriot18980504-1 | 4 May 1898 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.1.2 | 2 | penangpatriot18980504-1.2.8 | SUSPECTED OUNBREAK OF PLAGUE IN CALCUTTA. | SUSPECTED OUNBREAK OF PLAGUE IN CALCUTTA. On the niifht of tho 16th of April a death suspected to ho from plague, was reported to fid 5 police a* having occurred in Opcllitol.v. near Huberts Street, in the B>w Uaicir rrcti>>n of I’alcutta It was of that of a jzruc**r, or | NA |
| The Penang Patriot | penangpatriot18980504-1 | 4 May 1898 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.1.2 | 2 | penangpatriot18980504-1.2.9 | The plague in Calcutta. | The pl ague in Calcutta. Some uneamie» has ari«en(26 th. April )in Calcutta owing to a number of suspicions cases of fever with glandular swellings suspected to be plague, from which several deaths have occnrred id town with in the .past week, The greatest vigilance is exercised by Health Officers, | NA |
| The Penang Patriot | penangpatriot18980504-1 | 4 May 1898 | 1 | penangpatriot18980504-1.1.2 | 2 | penangpatriot18980504-1.2.10 | Local and General. | Loc al and Ge neral. Th* s. s. Snratot\ of the Russian volunteer Fleet, is expected in Singapore 4 to-morrow, on her homeward voyage, having left Naga Sahi on the 26 ultimo, A Sinoitalrsk Jovrnat. the Sdiuleresa proposes that a native regiment should be formed in Ceylon. Th* pupils of | 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_2d3523431e6788da59b87ad624d571b3" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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