Newspapers-The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser-1888 to 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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| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 7 January 1888 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE Malacca Weekly Chronicle AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. MALA.CCA, SATITHDAY.* JANUARY 7. 1888. NO. 1 VOL. I. | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 7 January 1888 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.2 | SATURDAY, JANUARY, 7TH 1888. | SATURDAY, JANUARY, 7TH 1888. The need of a public journal in our Settlement, has been of late much felt. The time perhaps has not yet come when the exigences of public affairs afford an uninterrupted supply of matter lor the Press. But there have been occasions when the existence of | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 7 January 1888 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.3 | HISTORY OF JOURNALISM IN MALACCA. | HISTORY OF JOURNALISM IN MALACCA. To those who have confidently i v'A.o a Eoeedy termination of our C'ii.j.vitiirc iw ui.'ji he somewhat. iQ-jis* Mirin}' to b<‘ informed of career f previous periodicals in oip" sett lejij.j.L I a. i i; i g ;i,s tin v did for y os I | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 7 January 1888 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.4.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | THF, WATEUBURY. SERVICES TO-MOKRuW. fcEYLF.SS, Christ Church. KF.YLESB, 7 30 a, m. Matins Litany, and Sermon. KEYLESS, Hyimp 78 and 184. EELTABLF, 6.30 r. M. Evensong and Pennon .RELIABLE, Hymns 76, 79 and-210. RELIABLE, Church op St. Francis Xavier. ACCUR ATE, Solemnity of Epiphany. Double of the Ist Class. ACCI | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 7 January 1888 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.4.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | Mother Seigel’s OPERATING PILLS, Fop Constipation. Sluggish Liver, &o. f XT NUKE many Linds of cathartic vJ medicines, do not tnakt you feci worse before you leel bi tter. Thru* operation is gem ic, but thorough, aud unattended with disagreeable effects, such as nausea, griping paius, Ac. SfICEYS OPERATING PILES | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 7 January 1888 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.5.1 | Page 1 Miscellaneous Column 1 | RESULTS OF THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT TIIE GENERAL HOSPITAL OBSERVATORY FROM Ist TO'othJanu.vy, ISS3. j Temperature. Hygrometry. Month St 1 _2 H 7 S C I I nr ,s if* s 5 c erV CN Remarks. and K c E z 2i• I 5 f 5!% 2 a c | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 7 January 1888 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.2 | 2 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.6 | OUR FRUIT CROPS IN 1887. | OUR FRUIT CROPS IN 1887. The usual yield of (Jurhnv-', 'nunujis, «fee in June was ;i verj small one in consequence of the previous dry weallirr, 1 >: 1 1 tin* subsequent wet months j) rod need tin* unprecedented occurranee ol :i second crop in the latter end of the | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 7 January 1888 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.2 | 2 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.7 | SUNGEI UJONG ROAD. | SU NGE I UJON G ROAD. A Chin»'* merchant of AFula i.-en. on liis return from a recent vi <i: to ,Sungei Ujong, gave a most ',untie'tering description ol^the-condition of the ron<l from Linggi to Pen: moan. According; to him it compares v :*y unJiivorahlj, with 11: loads of PoT | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 7 January 1888 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.2 | 2 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.8 | LOCAL. | LOCAL. The Pope's Jubilee was observed at St. Peter’s Church at Bungu Raya on Sunday last, the Ist inst. Alter the early morning service t here were High Mass, Te Drum A Benediction; and at night illuminations. 'l' lie Japanese lanterns at tiie .Parochial House, too, were particularly striking for | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 7 January 1888 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.3 | 3 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.9 | CRICKET. | CRICKET. Malacca r. Selangor. Tli*- following account of a cricket match between the Maiac-en Stdan- j gor clubs was forwarded us by one of our team: i This ma:ch, the first ever played by our < Ticket < lub, away trom Malacca, came off on Mon. ay ami i Tuesday | 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_6ef475f33c2d51eda249b8266a4acca3" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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