Newspapers-Straits Echo-1905 to 1909
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 Echo | straitsecho19050103-1 | 1905-01-03 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.2.1 | Masthead | Straits Echo UAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED mai ay ct.tec .«n r*-ut«AlLU MALAV STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL,. 3. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY. Grd JANUARY, 1905. Single Copy, 10 cents, No. 1. | NA |
| Straits Echo | straitsecho19050103-1 | 1905-01-03 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.2.10 | SHARES | SHARES Bersa wall Gold Mine Co., Ld. 13. —gales Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., bd 4.25 noiii. liedjiuag Leboug Gold MinI ing Co., Ti<l 230 buyers KadunaGold M iniugCo,,Ltd. (fully paid) 5 |<).— nom. Bruseli Tin Mining Co., (id. 2. —sales Karangau Tin Mining Co. 10. —sellers K inta '1 | NA |
| Straits Echo | straitsecho19050103-1 | 1905-01-03 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.2.11 | PRODUCE. | PRODUCE. I'm 5 78.3 Gold leaf $79.', li. Pepper (W. Coast 3ibs.saz.)s 25.5([ teller* While Fepper 38£ buyer* Trang Pepj-er, business §27. Cloves (picked) Mace 85 —tellers Mace Pickings /6.— teller* Nut megs 11 Os 4 0\*a!e* No. 1 0 10 Horn Sugar 2 no stock. I »asket 5.10 tale* | NA |
| Straits Echo | straitsecho19050103-1 | 1905-01-03 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.2.12.1 | ARRIVALS. | ARRIVALS. c Diomkd, Br. s.s. 3,005, Youug, 31st Dec., Singapore, 30th Dec., Gen.— W.M. Co. Loth, Dut. s.s. 827, Potjewyd, 2u<l Jau Singapore, 31st Dec., Geu.,—H. L& Co. Pin Sknu, Br. s.s. 378, Davidson, 2nd Jan Singapore, 31st Dec., Gen.,—Quail IFiiig Kee. Pentakota, Br. B s. 2,209, Willis, 3rd Jau., | NA |
| Straits Echo | straitsecho19050103-1 | 1905-01-03 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.2.12.2 | DEPARTURES. | DEPARTURES. 3rd January. Cha it Tut, for Perlis and Setul. Tin Semj, for Port Swetteuliam, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Lady Weld, for Teluk Anson. Asahan, for Asahau. T. Hi nut u, for Deli. Tentakoto for Singapore. | NA |
| Straits Echo | straitsecho19050103-1 | 1905-01-03 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.2.12.3 | EXPECTED. | EXPECTED. Aijtnl* 1 thi« Ati'liilutua Hamburg 4th Jau. Unity Rangoon 4th <*, A lH-ilt Singajiore A. A, A.Co. 5 tli Peru Colombo S.K.ACo. 7th (iisela Singapore S.K.ACo. 11th lien Ionium! Singapore S.B.ACo. 15th | NA |
| Straits Echo | straitsecho19050103-1 | 1905-01-03 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.2.12.4 | SAILINGS. | SAILINGS. 1 j y„. !>••• via Nipj>ou Sim/a(H>re S.KJcCu. lbt Jan. Both Pulo Well H.L.ACo. 2nd <4. A pear Calcutta A A. A Co. otb Peru jSiugapore S.K.ACo. 7th Gisela 'Colombo S.K.&Co. 11th Ben Ion loud Condon S B. A Co. 15th | NA |
| Straits Echo | straitsecho19050103-1 | 1905-01-03 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.2.12.5 | MAILS CLOSE | MAILS CLOSE For Deli, —Per Hebe, to-morrow, II a.m. Asahan, —Per Tate Tony, to-morrow, I p.m. Trang, -Per Deli, to-morrow, 1 p m. Teluk Anson, —Per Lanylcal, to-morrow, 2 p.ua. Edie, T. Semawe, Segli aud Olehleh, —Per Pegu, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Langkat,—Per Jin Ho, 2 p?ta. Deli—Per Cornelia, sth instant, | NA |
| Straits Echo | straitsecho19050103-1 | 1905-01-03 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.2.13.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | MARTYN Co. <o,o^ WHioKIES. British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Sea Trips during the X’MAS HOLIDAYS. O ETURN TICKETS, available between XV 15th December and 15th January next, will be granted at SINGLE FARES, for both Ist and 2nd Class, to the undermentioned places, viz.:— Ist Class. 2nd Class. sailings | NA |
| Straits Echo | straitsecho19050103-1 | 1905-01-03 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsecho19050103-1.2.13.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | SIRDAR. | 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_80d80e9fe2d1e0f1617c83a3937f0f5d" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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