Newspapers-The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle-1889 to 1892
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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 Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.1 | Masthead | The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE ’ice 2) Ckxts. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. Price 20 cents. OL I. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1889. No. 1 | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | INSURANCES. ”*0 ADT\TOA\T O «A The Positive G-overnment Seenrue Marine”lnsurance Co., liUBlIl OUII UlJ s rity life Assurance Company limited. (limited.) 'HK undersioiird are immimi to nreert -l HIS JN O fV UNPACKING The Company request the earnest attention ks and issue Policies imbehalf of the of a d Assurants | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.3 | OURSELVES. | OURSELVES. 1 r will doubtless be expected that upon this, our first appearance, we should say a few words about ourselves, although we would fain hope that the Circular which we issued about a fortnight ago, and which we reproduce below, is sufficiently explicit in that respect. v e take, | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.4 | OUR CIRCULAR. | OUR CIRCULAR. I hat there is ample room, in fact a demand for a second paper in Penanrr fact that ri dent l t 0 GVery ne from tact tliat liberal support was accorded 16 sev f ral ephemeral and abortive h S r; ]e m that direction durin' independent | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.5 | OUR MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATION. | OUR MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATION. When the present Municipal Act as introduced to the Legislature it was a d before the Council as a measure intended to reduce the area of the lenang municipal jurisdiction, but the principle of the Bill was explained as being liberal, and the intention of its framer | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.6 | THE SANITARY CONDITION OF PENANG. | THE SANITARY CONDITION OF PENANG. Vi it regret to have learnt of the prevalence of cholera and smalLox in the Sister Settlements of si pore and Malacca. There is wish on our part to cause unnecesT ln neV r’ theleSS wo shouldprevent" B W wLat has bee 'lone to prevent | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.7.1 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 | THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. K>* TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. LOCAL DELIVERY: Per Annum 15. 00 Half-year 8. 00 Quarter 4. 50 Single copy twenty cents. ADVERTISING RATES. For one or more Advertisements During the Month: One insertion not exceeding 5 lines S 1. 00 Every additional | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.8 | A CHINESE VIEW OF THE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE. | A CHINESE VIEW OF THE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE. Oxe of our Chinese friends, a very high authority among his countrymen, favours us witli the following in further elucidation of the Secret and Dangerous Societies Ordinance:— The Government have recently deemed it «politic to introduce a Bill in the Legislative Council aiming | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.9 | EX-KING MILAN OF SERVIA. | EX-KING MILAN OF SERVIA. If Kings and Kaisers both great and small, who are reigning in different parts of the civilized world, instead of listening to their courtiers, would but devote a little more of their spare time to gain experience and wisdom from the writings of their subjects and | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.4 | 4 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.10 | REUTER’S TELEGRAMS. | REUTER’S TELEGRAMS. London, 4th March 1889. Pigott, the forger of the Parnell letters, has committed suicide. President Harrison’s cabinet has been completed. All*. V' indom is >Sei ietai v to the Treasury, the rest are unknown men. President Harrison, in his message, protests against foreign domination in Panama, sustains American | 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_4c3c3d7e5b29722187d69fe226a0acb7" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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