Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1917 to 1920
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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) | straitsechomail19170103-1 | 3/1/1917 | 1 | straitsechomail19170103-1.1.1 | 2188 | straitsechomail19170103-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. 117.50 Pt* Annum. Single Copy 40 cti. Vol. 15. Peaang, Wednesday, January 3, 1917. No. 53. | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19170103-1 | 3/1/1917 | 1 | straitsechomail19170103-1.1.3 | 2190 | straitsechomail19170103-1.2.10 | M. A. P. | M. A. P. Mr. and Mrs. Christie are staying at the E, 0. Hotel. Mrs. Wu Lien Teh, who accompanied her hubbmd Dr. Wu (G. L. Tuck) as far as Hongkong is making a shoit stay in that town as a guest of Sir Robert Ho Tung. Riceot returns to | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19170103-1 | 3/1/1917 | 1 | straitsechomail19170103-1.1.22 | 2209 | straitsechomail19170103-1.2.100 | The Rubber Market. | The Rubber Market. Srys the Kuala Lumpur correspondent ofthoTO.M,: The holidays appear to have occurred at a rather uncertain time for the rubber market, as reports generally current seem to indicate that there has been an unexpected drop in prices following upon the recent upward tendency which had been arousing | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19170103-1 | 3/1/1917 | 1 | straitsechomail19170103-1.1.22 | 2209 | straitsechomail19170103-1.2.101 | Tin and Rubber. | Tin and Rubber. Latett Quotation 'tsr M d ‘I» following w ere ?h„ T forin us ,hat to-day for Rubber cn Snnf ,tat '°T 9 rece T8 d •le 28th instant Spot ln on Flotation h t latex crepe "/IP Smoked sheet 2/ilf P /J | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19170103-1 | 3/1/1917 | 1 | straitsechomail19170103-1.1.22 | 2209 | straitsechomail19170103-1.2.102 | Parish Hall. | Parish Hall. SuccissruL Children’s PUT. The b tbe rS“K-;-a S’†r “'i†,Di Fernandes, well merited tbe cougratuh. Gone and prai.es accorded to them at the conclusion of the entertainment Mr. M. Baptist and Mr. D. T. P.squal, who looked after the airaogements, earned out their duties to the entire | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19170103-1 | 3/1/1917 | 1 | straitsechomail19170103-1.1.22 | 2209 | straitsechomail19170103-1.2.103 | Municipal Commission. | Municipal Commission. Ordinary Meeting. Ad ordinary meeting of tbe Municipal Cimmisrimers was held at the Municipal Office yesterday afternoon and there were pret-fnt Messrs. W. Peel (President) A F Goodrich, P. T. Allen, Yeoh Guan Srok, and F. Duxbury with Mr, if M. Bell (Municipal Engineer) and Mr. L. A. | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19170103-1 | 3/1/1917 | 1 | straitsechomail19170103-1.1.22 | 2209 | straitsechomail19170103-1.2.104 | The Morning Post's Washington | The Morning Post's Washington corres- pondent describes President wZ°“ T- 68 greatly perturbed over the re^rt.Tr b n DB roany is feverish!» hn;u- re P ortB that Ger‘0 destroy all 08 ■mmunity f or American vewels proT,ding | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19170103-1 | 3/1/1917 | 1 | straitsechomail19170103-1.1.23 | 2210 | straitsechomail19170103-1.2.105 | "Our Day" Results. | "Our Day" Results. PUBLIC MEETING. GOVERNOR'S appeal for WAR LOAN, GnioNiAL Secretary’s Strictures. TteC.louf-" Our effort culm.uat.din a meeting. 9 'f bueday 6. K K. in the Victoria Theatre last evening, when the results were assessed and some timely 8B eech-inaking was indulged in. It was a meeting of the | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19170103-1 | 3/1/1917 | 1 | straitsechomail19170103-1.1.24 | 2211 | straitsechomail19170103-1.2.106 | Snipe Shooting Sequel. | Snipe Shooting Sequel. Dtv«lopa«Bt ia Sitiawaa Cate l J 1 0Etid (TO H > eno,ted that th. Ipb Police lad arre.ted that morniuK «ouiegr.pb.cmform.tiin from Lumut, Mr vl’ 1 I Kwo °F. «00 of Dr. Wook E trd r2hi,*" ul ha n,( mu. I*' U UU! 1 lh 't ho | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19170103-1 | 3/1/1917 | 1 | straitsechomail19170103-1.1.24 | 2211 | straitsechomail19170103-1.2.107 | A Cheekce Card Case. | A Cheekce Card Case. Jl-DOMlrt FOB DWWMNTS. r M Woodward io ‘be Supreme Court yesterday morning q'j°M. judgment io tbe su.t in wbicn Mr/G. Xm. Keulemans, as ,< l u tor and Chop Swee HSHuTK"Scbopl’oo R Hong(Merer S ?b“ Eastern Trading Company) andChop AiDg Bean Joo, tho first plaintiff, claim | 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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.import requests base_url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search" url = base_url + "?resource_id=d_a4cc0a6658e4ae8ee28549a834a5f9ee" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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