Newspapers-Weekly Sun-1910 to 1913
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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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| Weekly Sun | weeklysun19100827-1 | 27 August 1910 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.1.1 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.2.1 | Masthead | The Weekly Sun. GREATEB STEAITS SETTLEMENTS EDITION. 126, CROSS STREET. PRICE 5 CENTS. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY AUGUST 27, 1910. VOL. I. NO. 1. | NA |
| Weekly Sun | weeklysun19100827-1 | 27 August 1910 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.1.1 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.2.2.1 | BIRTHS. | BIRTHS. At the Towers, Anson Road, the wife of Dr. Kirk, of a daughter. Blossom July 18, at 25 Prince's avenue, Great Crosby, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Blossom, a son. | NA |
| Weekly Sun | weeklysun19100827-1 | 27 August 1910 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.1.1 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.2.2.2 | MARRIAGES. | MARRIAGES. Car-Miller July 19, at St. Paul's Church, Rock Ferry, by the Kev, G.D White, B.A., Assisted by the Rev. Mr. Smith, B.Sc., John Fredrick Carr, to Sarak Narding Miller, both of Rock Ferry. | NA |
| Weekly Sun | weeklysun19100827-1 | 27 August 1910 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.1.1 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.2.2.3 | DEATHS. | DEATHS. Armstrong— July 17. at theres of Mr. Hall, C Birkenhead, Fredrick John Am of 10, Berey Buildings. Liverp Mrs. On^: it, the wife oi Mr. Or In Huat ot a and Heave, Ltd., her rm 110. Queer n the 11 in(Tan.— Or Sfre< V ing, Mrs. Tar n •of | NA |
| Weekly Sun | weeklysun19100827-1 | 27 August 1910 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.1.1 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.2.3 | GREETINGS | GREETINGS It is out earliest desire that t he a<lrtai o! the Wet'klv Sun will i-pnliso the ii'»|f .if .f Straits horn Chin- to have a journal that will l>rin«.; them in cl.wpr •lit i r wit li thoii tVllow worl rrs. The ChlB6M community of the Colony art 1 | NA |
| Weekly Sun | weeklysun19100827-1 | 27 August 1910 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.1.1 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.2.4 | RUBBER FAMINE PREDICTED. | RUBBER FAMINE PREDICTED. Aii the news respecting the rubber industry indicated thai something like! a famine in rubber in pending, while the talk about the cessation of the Am< rica dema nd is so much moimshine. The fact is, the I'nited States Rubber Company have acQuired interests in Brazil and | NA |
| Weekly Sun | weeklysun19100827-1 | 27 August 1910 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.1.1 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.2.5 | RUBBER FROM MADAGASCAR. | RUBBER FROM MADAGASCAR. Tin 4 Mad; p scar Rubbei ompai y shipp< d \7' lu bs. >r rubber to Eng■il durii r .1 uno and J ul> whi le 40/2 ">(> lbs. of rubber aro in si << -'-v. and there are 125 tons of vines awaiting treatment. Larger shipments | NA |
| Weekly Sun | weeklysun19100827-1 | 27 August 1910 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.1.1 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.2.6 | PAST AND PRESENT OFFICIALS IN CHINA. | PAST AND PRESENT OFFICIALS IN CHINA. A r; lidenrt at Peking has made some ver. interesting r%marks regarding prt^seni ollicials n\ the capital and thbse <'!' 'he old scho#l. He quotes 1 may venture to analyse the disjtiintiou between the old school ot officials and Ihe new. The oidfashioned iiinaman | NA |
| Weekly Sun | weeklysun19100827-1 | 27 August 1910 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.1.1 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.2.7 | IRON FROM CHINA. | IRON FROM CHINA. The Hangyang iron and Steel Comrpany, Hankow, which is bo far the sole producer .of international importance, is able to quote forpig-iron forty shillings per ton F.0.8. (free on boanj), or seventy shillings per ton C.I.F. (cost, insurance, freight. A careful survey of these prices and conditions | NA |
| Weekly Sun | weeklysun19100827-1 | 27 August 1910 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.1.1 | 1 | weeklysun19100827-1.2.8 | WESTERN IDIAS IN CHINA. | WESTERN IDIAS IN CHINA. The Craze for things Western in China is now on. It is in evidence most ,ii'M)Lc the coast, and in the interior; l)in ii is rapidly spreading all over the country. One n>w enter-. Peking on a fine appointed railway, and he can continue his journey | 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 |
Sample OpenAPI query
This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the first 100 rows from this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the
.import requests base_url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search" url = base_url + "?resource_id=d_459adb15c1cabfd2e0212a923989b892" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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