Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1913 to 1916
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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 Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE STRAITS ECHO, MAIL EDITION. Si?.so Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cents. Vol. 11. Penang, Friday. 3rd JANUARY, 1913. No. 1. | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.4 | 1087 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.10 | Rugby Football in Singapore. | Rugby Football in Singapore. (Echo Spacial.} Selang r Beat Singapor?. Singapore, December 26. Selangor beat Singapore in the Rugby football match by one penalty goal and one try to nil. The match was watched by a great crowd, the Europeans including H. E. the Governor and Lady Evelyn Young. The | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.100 | New Year in Kuala Lumpur. | New Year in Kuala Lumpur. {Echo Special.) Kuala Lumpur, January 2. New Year was ushered in very favourably at Kuala Lumpur by a dance at the Selangor Club which was largely attended and did not break up till four in the morning. The Chinese held Sports on the Padang on | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.101 | New Year in Singapore. | New Year in Singapore. â– III I I {Echo Special.} Singapore, January 2. Unceasing rain fell here yesterday. Nevertheless, the Sea Sports were held as arranged. The sailing was good, but the attendance very small. The Land Sports were postponed to Saturday, as the race course is under water. | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.102 | Singapore Train Collision. | Singapore Train Collision. {Echo Special.) Singapore, January 2nd. A passenger and a goods train collided, head on, this morning at the 13th mile stone. The driver of the passenger train, the engine of which was derailed, was slightly injured. | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.103 | Nyalas. | Nyalas. Reduction of Capital. {Echo Special) Singapore, December 31. A special meeting of the shareholders of the Nyalas Rubber Company passed the special resolutions reducing the capital of the company and consolidating the unissued shares. Mr. Peck, who presided, said that under the old conditions there was no possibility of | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.104 | NEW YEAR HONOURS. | NEW YEAR HONOURS. {Echo Special) K. C. M. G. For Mr. Brockman. Kuala Lumpur, January 2. A telegram was received yesterday by the Secretariat, Kuala Lumpur, from Mr. L. V. Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the effect that His Majesty the King has been pleased to bestow | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.105 | Diplomatic Changes. | Diplomatic Changes. Sir Conyngham Gratae and Baroa Kato. (Reuter.) London, December 31. Sir Conyngham Greene, lately British Minister to Denmark who has been appointed to succeed Sir Claude MacDonald as British Ambassador at Tokio, sails for Japan on January 9. He will bo accompanied by Lady Greene. Baron Kato, the | (Reuter.) |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.106 | Stafford House. | Stafford House. {Reuter.) T T r London, December 31. In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith announced that Sir William Lever, had offered the remainder of the lease of Stafford House as a gift to the nation subject to certain, conditions, and added that the Government much appreciated bis generosity | {Reuter.) |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.107 | Tibet and Mongolia. | Tibet and Mongolia. (Reuter.) London, December 31. According to despatches received in St Petersburg by the A’owe Vnuiya from Urga, the bunat Djorjieff has arrived there from Lhasa and announced the declaration of independence of Tibet and the accession of the Dalai Lama. He declared that he was empowered to | (Reuter.) |
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_7daf3cec5d6d840ed2cbb3f5f2941079" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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