Newspapers-Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser-1899
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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 Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.1 | Masthead | The Straits Telegraph AND DAILY ADVERTISER. Vol. llCk SINGAPORE, WE DNESDAY, FEBKTJAK^^r^^ adfrgfgf | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.2 | Untitled | The Strata Trie^pV Tkeofioe <#jtablfeitian of thU fMper a at Ho. 1«, Hal^-atfrtwi, J7i«- ssac of p«Jsaraoa &t p. m laity and at f |iw mr«tk oife«r4»VH r\* r*i+<tf<*xbißr\&th» m 1 1 .25 a mtmtt k^r local aftl tyr otit*|»*Lon nabicftbcp*. Sih gib mpie*. ifJH" f eJ cix lit y | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.3 | THE NEW HARBOUR DOCK COMPANY, LTD. | THE NEW HARBOUR DOCK COMPANY, LTD. Tuts imp p> -•f a!' de< "n«: in lli m i European Shipwi i:h;- I y v <' i Lfn-tli -41 ."1 Depth of \V:.i r. fr-vn I t 1 >> idi :n X tr inn Hi ;<■■ i N<). 2 ii ivAVINt. D | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.4.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | 1 Sfl 1 V—^ s, Qm km v» at, BXJ vm NAVIGATION €OMPA»T Msw Aastrslta. Aden. Egypt, li»r»«l»iss» I Ptnaoath, sad London. I mud San Fr*nti*a> m Hongkong. M Ml. I.IM Outward. tl" v <i: 0.-^an Feb. 25 I Baibsrat > T SKKVH I *CfHei»t acoasMßodsMon for a limited number | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.4.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | CARBOLATED CREOSITE. DESTROYS ALL MICROBES. A few drops in the bath act like a tonic. Perfectly harmless. Has a pleasant odour. Commands a large 1 sale all over the world. i Once tried always used. PATERSON SIMONS &O Sing ipore 13th Feb i Si Singapore, 1 jth Feb 1899. Bensdorp | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.4.3 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 | THE ADELPH\ HOTEL. Is mm of the oMttt and host known Hotels hi Singapore delightfully situated in the centre of the Town near the I ost and Telegrmph Offices, the Town Hall and the Commeicial part ot the U The Hotel has an excellent directly under the supervision ot" a | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.4.4 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 | Dealers. Stationery and Stationers Sundries ot every description at Moderate Prices, Stamps bought, sold and excban^'Ml. Singapore, 13th Feb.. MM. c"c. H. D. CHOPARD, Ed&te A:;cnt. No. 2, Raffles Place. Money lent on trooti security. Sin.apore, 13 h Feb., IW. Mb Tfcrag Foe 6* Ibtforj mad Gmerml fctjMten. fiiv«- :i | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.4.5 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 | M. E M, Sultan Kadeapakir ('<>. B<<r to announce to fin- Lad C< lll lt' nir a 111 S, nijii ji'i/'i tltdt lit a/ It act' ojjt if d a cuyjci isjioi> IN it 2'i, Nortli Hn-l/o Mm I an i that the\ are al) 1 t(» supply all kin<U | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.2 | 2 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.5 | WEDNESDAY, 15th FEB., 1899. THE PARTITION OF CHINA. | WEDNESDAY, 15th FEB., 1899. THE PARTITION OF CHINA. It was hoped among progressive European nations that toe war be* tween China and Japan would 10 open the eyej of the Chinese to the benefits ana necessity oi adopting at lra>t a portion of Western civilization that their va-t empin- m | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.2 | 2 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.6 | BRITAIN AND FRANCE. | BRITAIN AND FRANCE. ALL friends of peace, amoni; whom are in this case all but the must rampant Jingoes, will PCKMCX .it tlie amicable settlement of the AngloFrench difficulties promised in our telegram of yesterday Kran« p has ail >he can manage at home wr.l .1 plunging into foreign \\\-.r | 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 |
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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_5334f6305b1bc4abb9a62083ff5357b6" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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