Newspapers-Straits Mail-1894 to 1895
This dataset is a list of digitised out-of-copyright newspaper articles from the National Library, Singapore.
These materials present a valuable resource on Singapore’s history, art and culture, digitised as part of an endeavour to preserve and provide better access to resources located within the library to enable users to explore and discover these resources.
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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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| Straits Mail | straitsmail18941224-1 | 24 December 1894 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE STRAITS MAIL. No. 1 SINGAPORE, lIOXIIAY, DriCEMBEfI 84, 189* P e TO | NA |
| Straits Mail | straitsmail18941224-1 | 24 December 1894 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | pj LAB \\D OKIES f KAM XAVIGAT! S OOMPASI Ofvick t\*i -nil' GoDOWKB^-.\fa flafhsw mail steamers may I utwarda an. l 1 > rah la oa tbe folio*- "wasd** Doßswaaai B t M ij Js Siara i 2') ]s. 7 9 n fl 4 I Itoattta I .na» X** B | NA |
| Straits Mail | straitsmail18941224-1 | 24 December 1894 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.2.2.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | EQUITABLE Li .v. .•s B [feTTI OF rUE I'M ri!) STATBd T!i! K m >,;.-. origißated tkc Toa iac pi in Aa war* t The I i I itii Policviba uu i pro il3 i btcfc -Nr lb li mij inther nl.si 'l it-'lv Minis. 1 enlo I an m | NA |
| Straits Mail | straitsmail18941224-1 | 24 December 1894 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.2.2.3 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 | OCEAS STKAaISHIP OOMPAHT. I r^ 1"• l anpanv tteamers dupatchi.'.l frota Liverpool ouMa-M for ihe Strait* d 01 in and rrom Shaa i omewar aatioa lot Ural and tlinrd ciaaa passeasero, i eawryioaj a >nr|^eoo and Btewaiueos, Tbroogb Billh ».f E.v.;m'_r ay inairifor ail China, Japan, M anil a, 8 | NA |
| Straits Mail | straitsmail18941224-1 | 24 December 1894 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.2.2.4 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 | CHARTE! ED BANK OF INDIA Al STKALIA VND CHINA IKCOEI iTBI Bl EOl AL '< I 7ITAL i- h. 'B•:; I S m. Buro tfoti i i (Han vwd. fLa\N BAJTht] BS Hi i \N h E I I Ei Xl i TH. i 12 umir .nuuoi. n B I | NA |
| Straits Mail | straitsmail18941224-1 | 24 December 1894 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsmail18941224-1.2.3 | The Straits Mail. Singapore, Monday, 24th Dec. 1894. | The Straits Mail. Singapore, Monday, 24th Dec. 1894. UPLAXATO&Y. M The Straits Mail" is t stablished to supply what ;s believed to ben want in Singapore vis a respectab I eonducfted En^ r lis;h N^ewapaper at a in ac moderate rale than prevails now. ItsMMll any disparagement to the two | NA |
| Straits Mail | straitsmail18941224-1 | 24 December 1894 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsmail18941224-1.2.4 | THE SPORTING CLUB MEETING. | THE SPORTING CLUB MEETING. Thr "inactive" members, which means about nine tenths of the membership of the Club, il 4 inactive n means nof. being a racehorse owner, are under an obligaiion to Major MaCallum for the spirited manner in which he led the opposition to the increase in the | NA |
| Straits Mail | straitsmail18941224-1 | 24 December 1894 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsmail18941224-1.2.5 | Golf. | Golf. Is Mn si no ip »r-' F-mimm; e.n;!.-> Penang has won hv 2 h lleS< The details so jar as ktlOWIl are tha i (Jr-aiT tinishe I S ho] -s do am. and (Jillespie o nn, the otho*s m/ eV'-n Tin reams wre arrange! M follow s. in aYe | NA |
| Straits Mail | straitsmail18941224-1 | 24 December 1894 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsmail18941224-1.2.6 | MARINE CLUB BALL. | MARINE CLUB BALL. Tbe last Marine Club Ball was such an immense success, "one ot the functions of tbe aaajaaaj that the incinbei's havo iai sided to make the event an annual one The next ball has been bad to takeplane on Friday 05th January in the Town Hall and | NA |
| Straits Mail | straitsmail18941224-1 | 24 December 1894 | 1 | straitsmail18941224-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsmail18941224-1.2.7 | EXCHANGE COMPENSATION | EXCHANGE COMPENSATION Ihe follow ing r, .*i a ill ta moved bj 11 1 J, Pre* r. the bsmhbbbl Bl P till 3 >1 lie M .M.i v I'■ BBfIBBBi BH>|fe?rfl o o-' i'M a OB ihe? 27th IBSSa 'i'!i •a I IS il ISSBB I <frl »ni Irate 1 | NA |
Column legend
| Title | Column name | Data type | Unit of measure | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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_50251bdaf3c3e076cccb960a605726c5" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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