Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1931 to 1935
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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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| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19310102-1 | 2/1/1931 | 1 | pinangazette19310102-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette19310102-1.2.1 | Masthead | Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. IPUBLISHED DAILY l. VOL LXXXIX FRIDAY, 2nd JANUARY 1931. PRICE IO CENTS | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19310102-1 | 2/1/1931 | 1 | pinangazette19310102-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19310102-1.2.10 | The Sea, a Scot and His Money | The Sea, a Scot and His Money A HERO’S LIFE ISN’T ALL HONEY Just before the Mauretania†stopped in mid-Atlanta to pick up the crew of the Swedish steamer Ovidia†her skipper, McNeil (who hails from the land of all the Macs) had lost ten dollars. Here is the sad | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19310102-1 | 2/1/1931 | 1 | pinangazette19310102-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19310102-1.2.11.1 | Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 | eep y° ur child healthy (jk Cod lives* Oil with J Malt Extract Rich in Vitamins A, B D. -j -“KEPLER’- O COD livrn 0,1. S 1 Bottles of Restores natural vigour two sizes and increases weight. Jmj < AH Chemists y> ~5l and stores Has a delicious flavour. ~~~''-tflr | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19310102-1 | 2/1/1931 | 1 | pinangazette19310102-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19310102-1.2.11.2 | Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 | in iriaiL--. i.iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiMmiiMirTrT iimbb—bw rii io MUM TUNEFUL RECORDS From This i I Month’s S List I lColumbia£ gj Che A/inr Why f iectrtfcoi/w W I CB-inf^ 011 Brought a New Kind of Love Fox Trot v- Living in the Sunlight Paul Whitemans Orch. at their best. CB-107 f My | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19310102-1 | 2/1/1931 | 1 | pinangazette19310102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19310102-1.2.12 | BUILDING IN BRITAIN TO-DAY | BUILDING IN BRITAIN TO-DAY MODERN HOUSING Meeting the Needs of the Industry House-building in Great Brita’n, the Dominions and Colonies, and in many oreign cjuntriep, is pr iceeding rapidly; tad to meet the urgency of the needs, mass production have been aiopted. The efficiency with which manufacturers are meeting the | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19310102-1 | 2/1/1931 | 1 | pinangazette19310102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19310102-1.2.13 | "SCANDALMONGERS ARE RESPONSIBLE" | "SCANDALMONGERS ARE RESPONSIBLE" 'A LESSON IN HATE†Tragedy in American Family in Rhodesia Umtali, December 14 At the inquest on th»- American biggame hunter, Dr. Magoon, it was reveal» d that the murder of his wife was premeditated. Following a violent domestic quarrel relating to M gion’s previous relations with | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19310102-1 | 2/1/1931 | 1 | pinangazette19310102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19310102-1.2.14 | Captain Killed by Afridis | Captain Killed by Afridis INDIAN FRONTIER BAYONET CHARGE Peshawar, December 4 Capbia Henry St. Clair Ogilvie Will, adjutant of the 3d Ba talion 11th Sikh Regiment (Rattray’s Sikhs), was killed by an almost spent bullet, ani a British private of the 2nd B.ttaUon of the S aforth Highlanders was slightly | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19310102-1 | 2/1/1931 | 1 | pinangazette19310102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19310102-1.2.15 | Tongue-Twisters | Tongue-Twisters NO TEST OF DRUNKENNESS That he could not repeat the senbnc; "Tae Leith police dismisseth üb†was the statement made at Clay Cross (Derbyshire) as evidenco of drunkenness against Hubert Watson, of Grassmore, Derbyshire, who was charged with driving to the danger of the public. The defending solicitor declared | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19310102-1 | 2/1/1931 | 1 | pinangazette19310102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19310102-1.2.16.1 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 | SR? WIBLMT MOST JSL PimEifiElHL Bom 1820 wL Still going Strong UP Popularity in whisky depends upon the taste of the average man. For such a taste Johnnie Walker Red Label†is perfect and has proved itself so. It is this whisky that makes Johnnie Walker sales the largest in | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19310102-1 | 2/1/1931 | 1 | pinangazette19310102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19310102-1.2.16.2 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 | Machines J that will s^ U P to their work The B.S.A. has never been a fair- weather motor Yra\ cycle only. When 'II the great resources of the B.S.A Com- A Whl pany were first turned rMHmM to the manufacture of f motor cycles, years ago, it was decided | 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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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_c176529dae89e86a696620cd6dfc446f" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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