Newspapers-The Penang Times-1882
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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 Penang Times | penangtimes18821003-1 | 1882-10-03 | 1 | penangtimes18821003-1.1.1 | 1 | penangtimes18821003-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE PENANG TIMES. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY• VOL I. PENANG, TUESDAY, 3rd OCTOBEB, 1882. No. 1 | NA |
| The Penang Times | penangtimes18821003-1 | 1882-10-03 | 1 | penangtimes18821003-1.1.4 | 4 | penangtimes18821003-1.2.10.1 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 | E. E. Everett—Wine Merchant A "11 Jy, n PERAK Singapore. ADOlimariS GOVERNMENT NOTICE. THE undersigned being appointed J/ -nr a TT?T? TENDERS are invited for the leases of Agent for the above is prepared to VyJLAHjH, the Farms of certain Revenues of receive any orders, and to supply wines THE | NA |
| The Penang Times | penangtimes18821003-1 | 1882-10-03 | 1 | penangtimes18821003-1.1.4 | 4 | penangtimes18821003-1.2.10.2 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 | Dissolved PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT on v, PREPARED BY OHLENDORFF go London, Antwerp, Hamburg and Emmerich-on -Rhiue^ 5 QUARANTEEdTo contain Nitrogen equal to: 10 percent, of latile Ammonia. f 20 per-cent, of soluble Guano Phospate 1 per-cent, of insolu- 1 hie. Eor further particulars apply to SCHMIDT, KUSTERMANN k Co. Agents for | NA |
| The Penang Times | penangtimes18821003-1 | 1882-10-03 | 1 | penangtimes18821003-1.1.1 | 1 | penangtimes18821003-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | THE Peninsular and Oriental Steam Netherlands India Steam Navigation The Commercial Union Assurance PENANG TIMES." Navigation Company. Company Limited. Company, RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION. i vrOTICE i, hereby given that in future all PROPOSED movements of the Company CALCUTTA. foe IIM First Class through Passengers by this L Steamers to and | NA |
| The Penang Times | penangtimes18821003-1 | 1882-10-03 | 1 | penangtimes18821003-1.1.2 | 2 | penangtimes18821003-1.2.3 | “THE PENANG TIMES.” | “THE PENANG TIMES.” On the Debut of a new paper it is but natural that the public w ill claim the right to know what they have to expect at its hands, and whether they may trust it with their interests, and accord it their support. In entering upon our | NA |
| The Penang Times | penangtimes18821003-1 | 1882-10-03 | 1 | penangtimes18821003-1.1.2 | 2 | penangtimes18821003-1.2.4 | LOCAL. | LOCAL. We have noticed that the water pipes at the "Waterfall are exposed to the air without any protection whatever, and that the brick pillars on which these pipes rest are in a very bad condition. It would he advisable to give the first a couple of coatings of red | NA |
| The Penang Times | penangtimes18821003-1 | 1882-10-03 | 1 | penangtimes18821003-1.1.2 | 2 | penangtimes18821003-1.2.5 | FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE | FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE (From sundry sources j fringe. The Paris Temp,, reviewing the staj tilings, says that the great feature of the tl is that England has again demonstrated 1 existence m the political world, and th her two policies with regard to’Europe I seeks the alliance of France. France 1 | NA |
| The Penang Times | penangtimes18821003-1 | 1882-10-03 | 1 | penangtimes18821003-1.1.3 | 3 | penangtimes18821003-1.2.6 | NETHERLANDS INDIA. | NETHERLANDS INDIA. Acheen. The Java 13ode in one of its Mail Summaries says: Netherlands India is pining away. War, cittle plagues, epidemics, a general crisis in trade, low coffee and tobacco prices, all have made the land so richly endowed by nature, weak and bloodless. And above all it is | NA |
| The Penang Times | penangtimes18821003-1 | 1882-10-03 | 1 | penangtimes18821003-1.1.3 | 3 | penangtimes18821003-1.2.7 | MISCELLANY. | MISCELLANY. The Suez Canal. We take tlie following extract from the Economists Francais showing the results of the Suez Canal, from 1870 to 1881, as follow Ships Years pas 'ed through Tonnagef ceipts 1870 486 435,911. x .5 J 59 327 1871 7* >5 761.467 8.993.732 1872 10-2 1 439.169 | NA |
| The Penang Times | penangtimes18821003-1 | 1882-10-03 | 1 | penangtimes18821003-1.1.3 | 3 | penangtimes18821003-1.2.8 | SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE | SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE Arrivals. Date. Ship's Name. Master. From. Oct. 2 Br. Menelaus epage London. Telegraph Ally Pankoro. Bcnmore Kim Eng S'pore. 3 Cyclops Butler Do. Flying Dragon. Puteh T.arut. Fitzpatrick Humphries Rangoon. CLEARANCES. Date Ship’s Name Master For Oct. 2 Br. Langiat Burke. Deli. 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 |
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.import requests base_url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search" url = base_url + "?resource_id=d_86739674f299989f01899688877282ba" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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