Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1916 to 1920
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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 | pinangazette19160103-1 | 3/1/1916 | 1 | pinangazette19160103-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette19160103-1.2.1 | Masthead | Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833» No. I VOL. LXXIV. MONDAY. 3rd JANUARY. 1916. PRICE 10 CENTS | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19160103-1 | 3/1/1916 | 1 | pinangazette19160103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19160103-1.2.10 | Teuton Sufferings in Balkans. | Teuton Sufferings in Balkans. London, December 17.—Swiss reports de e cribe the condition of the Teutons in the Balkans as bad, owing to the incessant harrassing by rhe Serbians and the Montenegrins and the terrib'e climate. The Austrians consist mainly of old or very young troop s unable to withstand | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19160103-1 | 3/1/1916 | 1 | pinangazette19160103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19160103-1.2.11 | Greek Goods for Germany. | Greek Goods for Germany. London, December 15—The 11 Daily Mail’s Rome correspondent says that shipping lines point out the danger of Germany obtaining goods through Greece Failing immediate steps, concerning Greek re-exports, the blockade will become a farce. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19160103-1 | 3/1/1916 | 1 | pinangazette19160103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19160103-1.2.12 | Operations in Gallipoli. | Operations in Gallipoli. London, Dec. 13.—Heater’s correspondent at the Dardanelles says :—The winter has come early. The Colonial troops, including the Maoris, are withstanding the cold cheerily. The enemy suffered greatly in a blizzard. Some of our barges were damaged. Communication is now restored. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19160103-1 | 3/1/1916 | 1 | pinangazette19160103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19160103-1.2.13 | The Allies in Greece. | The Allies in Greece. London, Dec. 16 —The Athens Press announces that the Bulgars will not enter Greek territory, and »he Teutons will not enter prior to diplomatic action by their Governments towards Greece. The Bulgaian Minister in Athens has complained of an attempt to sow discird between Greece and | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19160103-1 | 3/1/1916 | 1 | pinangazette19160103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19160103-1.2.14 | The Creek Elections. | The Creek Elections. London, December 20th Telegrams from Ath“ns state the elections yesterday did not affect the appearance of the capital, and multitudes abstained from voting. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19160103-1 | 3/1/1916 | 1 | pinangazette19160103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19160103-1.2.15 | Italian Expedition Sails. | Italian Expedition Sails. London, D°cember 22.—The Daily Telegraph’s Milan dwells on the satisfaction felt in Italy at the successful transport of the first large expedition to Albania. The enemy had been cleared off before the tran-ports started, but a floating mine, which had escaped the sweepers, sank t’ eRe Umberto. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19160103-1 | 3/1/1916 | 1 | pinangazette19160103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19160103-1.2.16 | The Situation at Gorizia. | The Situation at Gorizia. London, December 17 —The Daily Telegraph’s†Milan co r re*pondent states that Spanish refugees from Gorizia as«ert that two American bankers having stopped payment of certain bids, were accused, firstly, of hostility to Austria, and finally of spying. They were court-martialled and xecut-d One of the | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19160103-1 | 3/1/1916 | 1 | pinangazette19160103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19160103-1.2.17 | An “Impertinent Canard.†| An “Impertinent Canard.†London, December 3.—Sir Edward Carson sta’es that the Daily News report that, he is forming a Na ional Party in alliance with Sir Edward Markham and Sir Henry Da ziel is utterly without foundation. Sir Edward says it is a regrettable fact that he cannot converse with | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19160103-1 | 3/1/1916 | 1 | pinangazette19160103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19160103-1.2.18 | A German at the War Office. | A German at the War Office. London, December 3.—The London newspapers have raised an outcry over the admission made by Mr. Harold Tennant (Parliamentary Under-Secretary for War), in the House of Commons that Mrs. Savile, who is a German by birth, and is the wife of the rector of a | 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_4e02194b4b37fb47acdd56bffc30d01c" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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