Newspapers-Straits Advocate-1889
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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 Advocate | straitsadvocate18890105-1 | 5 January 1889 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.2.1 | Masthead | The Straits Advocate. A WEEKLY PAPER PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. U»ORB SAl .At, ITHJAI LIT No. I | NA |
| Straits Advocate | straitsadvocate18890105-1 | 5 January 1889 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | TERMS OF SUBSCRII ;j. Ig] Quartl POR] bry. cr I All matters intended for publication should Ix; addressed to cate EnniM Ti fin mmuni I j nan AI! J, mmuuicai i I authenticated as i ;i pti will 1 1 AIWERTIBI \«i I: ATi'.v inch or part of an inch | NA |
| Straits Advocate | straitsadvocate18890105-1 | 5 January 1889 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.2.2.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | I CHRISTMAS. I JOHN UTTI.i: cS 00*. aro now showing ;i large and on of Novell Trimmed Hats and Bonnets very hant and prcl h and ma lorn Robes in French Serges i I patter] and colour- Eor bi ning wear. 1 >REBB JlotH all rariety. Toys! Toys.!! I l | NA |
| Straits Advocate | straitsadvocate18890105-1 | 5 January 1889 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.2.2.3 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 | HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID UP CAPITA] ....$7,500.1 b puxd ft 400 0 ,000 [ABILITY OF PROP ORS. OHg ti. -Hon. .1 j;, i. B r ii. Poßl L H< P s c. Michaelson.E E j, IJ" f !> w .l_. A. 8 H' I TlIOl .i Manages. L ndon | NA |
| Straits Advocate | straitsadvocate18890105-1 | 5 January 1889 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.2.3.1 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 | NOTICE. ropeau I i vlk h Oa, limit; d Jul; STORE OF MANILA CIGARS, si R IB TrlF Oil .11 of f; I .-lid. rate d Paotorj If ABU I Antw< pp Kxhibiti the Madrid Exhibition of I i I i ntiota of imoken is particularly drawn to theae I | NA |
| Straits Advocate | straitsadvocate18890105-1 | 5 January 1889 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.2.3.2 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 | 1. Ora <;i \i; USD PUHITY forked B ties) and S\ phoi The ationtioii nl Ihe public is draa v to t thai uea and upremises, in a hich entirely now fi-\ of the highest <>vi\i>v lias \h>ru ere, re sboul to Ih> opened, and oustomera may depend on bein | NA |
| Straits Advocate | straitsadvocate18890105-1 | 5 January 1889 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.2.3.3 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 | POWELL CO IN/ ISG IPOB E I Co mi .1 teh Bdt B ind Furuitun I torv. Irchi I tti i KITURJS, i Almeirahs lv Chi Bedsteads i iron i are! -Jul Bedding Japan* n 3 ee&fl »om Ku I tail Liuoleum lid* Ma Billiard Tal _Jdjs Card Tal Mt | NA |
| Straits Advocate | straitsadvocate18890105-1 | 5 January 1889 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.2.4 | EXCHANGE. | EXCHANGE. jx U I 8 i"_. 3 In 4 3 1 if. Dm FnAUCB.- <• i i .T. T M. Private 80 d/s -28. On II I r. d/a I On J aya.— Hank T. T, Prh 1 1 loracaii (to buy t | NA |
| Straits Advocate | straitsadvocate18890105-1 | 5 January 1889 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.2.5 | CALENDAR. | CALENDAR. Saturday.*. sth Januarj I udaj 6th Monday 7th Tuesday Bth Wcdnoday (Hh irsday... 10th Friday 11th | NA |
| Straits Advocate | straitsadvocate18890105-1 | 5 January 1889 | 1 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsadvocate18890105-1.2.6 | The Straits Advocate. SATURDAY, 5th JANUARY, 1889. SECRET SOCIETIES. | The Straits Advocate. SATURDAY, 5th JANUARY, 1889. SECRET SOCIETIES. From Ibe pub] tti d corres and the Si r of State < n the subject of th a] riom of tlio Secret Soi i<<Btrail rill I seen that ii. K. the Govi rnor save the tor "r'- q tion 1 | 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_5f41191b7b5f7f7aa56a91e382463797" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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