Newspapers-Straits Observer (Singapore)-1874 to 1876
This dataset is a list of digitised out-of-copyright newspaper articles from the National Library, Singapore.
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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 Observer (Singapore) | straitsobserver18741111-1 | 11 November 1874 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE STRAITS OBSERVER. p/BLISIJED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. VOLUME 11. EW mJil JNGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, 11 TU NOVEMBER, 1874. [NUMBER^. | NA |
| Straits Observer (Singapore) | straitsobserver18741111-1 | 11 November 1874 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | liniSlHimoß(^ R Cui! BC *< ill UM li< ADVE Rn3EMEXT3./ EtotfctHflm.... /moo KOI<CE. c ,JH, .JT.I. hnr 'cm Incr«1 ncr« of the Comm-r.:,| p^, t'OStport.i-.u .VoT. n 74f PEMNSULAI AND ORIENTAL WtmM NAVIGATION COMPANY Orric»-D-A!m«id* street. Goi>ow«-At K ew Harbour. T^ r^'r^'- J*tes of arriv.il of th* ■»•§'■.> (< *-"t | NA |
| Straits Observer (Singapore) | straitsobserver18741111-1 | 11 November 1874 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.2.2.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | I CHARTERED MERCa/'ILE^LNK OF INDIA, LONDOnInD CHINA. (Incobporated bt l*At Chautee.) Capital paid up £750, 00f Resen'eFund£ss ,ooo HALF-YEAELY^TATEMENT. Thk Directors now .sufiit to the Shareholders the Half-yearly Staten»t of Accounts to 30th 1 Junelast, showing a netfofit of £41,871, «35.4d. including £1,661. 1 Is. 4 brought forward from last | NA |
| Straits Observer (Singapore) | straitsobserver18741111-1 | 11 November 1874 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.2.2.3 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 | NETHERLANDS J DIA STEAM NAVIGATION COM ,NY LIMITED. Head Oitice, 13 kCiTM Fblahs, LOKDO.V Thu Company continue- to perform the folluwinjt regular service i the Indian Archipelago, under contract with lie Netherlands Indian Government. FHOM MMiApfl". To B/tavia .via Hiouw »nd Muntok, and back, in cortefponie^e with the i»»«l steamers | NA |
| Straits Observer (Singapore) | straitsobserver18741111-1 | 11 November 1874 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.2.2.4 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 | THE QUEI.N INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital Two Millions St:klibo. Oi-fice. QorEs luburance Buildings, Liverpool. Queen Insurance Euildings, 60, Gracechurch Etrcet, London. CLiiiman of the Compan/. Bernard l;all. iW-. tv r x 1 William Hind, EsquireDeputy Chairmen j Patrick Hunter, M Chairman in London. Peter McF.agan. Esqr., u p. Deputy Chairman John | NA |
| Straits Observer (Singapore) | straitsobserver18741111-1 | 11 November 1874 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.2.2.5 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 | B- ULLMANN, Jewellery axd Watch EsTAßLisaMm, Fakct and Geneh ax Goods STORE. 60, BATTERY JiOJD, Corner of Commercial Square. A complete assortment of Jewellery of the b«*t European maimfacture mH\ be found at the rer., MrtLßAtic*! Boxe., f Singapore, 7th 2»0v., 1874. GEOB^ TEAT Co. GENERAL WAREHOUSEMEN, IMPOBTEES Or tVERT | NA |
| Straits Observer (Singapore) | straitsobserver18741111-1 | 11 November 1874 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsobserver18741111-1.2.3 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN article in the Da* y -iay last, is apparently m\Ai the spirit at the fact of tbe uoral being in the receipt }f ree of $1,000 per annum from the Opiuin Fanner. Without doubt that |s an rraount of money not to be sneezed at i'» the»e impecunious days, | NA |
| Straits Observer (Singapore) | straitsobserver18741111-1 | 11 November 1874 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsobserver18741111-1.2.4 | Local. | Local. Mails will close tomorrow for Hon^Ki^ •ml Shanghai pfT Afamemnnn at 7 s im,^ and f»r Bangkok per K'umaak at 10 a. Jb. For Malaeci and l'ki*n«,' par Be .urn 0:1 Friday at 1 p. m. I Ihe Mail Tue Mtssagmiet steamer Meik-my, Ci]»t.jin F.»«c if, ai rived in | NA |
| Straits Observer (Singapore) | straitsobserver18741111-1 | 11 November 1874 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.1.4 | 4 | straitsobserver18741111-1.2.5 | Untitled | IPRHPru^ heavy atreigtu i i-vitdb!e law of "instead of swinging uo further duties for the than save their lives. The l^^^iwTf tL-j action perhaps will account for that ever relu»» from these mi---. slips, to give the ;tubiTc lie benefit of their experience. The builiJ of the vessel, if em- | NA |
| Straits Observer (Singapore) | straitsobserver18741111-1 | 11 November 1874 | 1 | straitsobserver18741111-1.1.4 | 4 | straitsobserver18741111-1.2.6 | THE PRINCE OF WALES. | THE PRINCE OF WALES. For a long time rumours, occasionally taking the form of Jefin tc aud circumstantial statement*, have Leen current on a subject wLicb, boirevtr delicate, cauAyt be prc- PJ^^^iiker's hindt, M|^ißPffe3^nMrsl«tot O. toSer wiil be sum .i-'RI t j nie.it ev.:ry chim on the Prince. This briti | 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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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_cce6ead0b8ca810f9ad625d4a3a114d8" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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