Newspapers-The Malacca Weekly-1888 to 1889
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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 Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE Malacca Weekly Chronicle AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. MALA.CCA, SATITHDAY.* JANUARY 7. 1888. NO. 1 VOL. I. | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.3 | 3 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.10 | THE IRON SCREW-PILE JETTY. | THE IRON SCREW-PILE JETTY. TVe liftv*» bu»n kindly favorod by the A.-tmg Sup*-; inifinlent of vV.uk-; with the an. joined [*ari icuiJ ra r. gauting ;be i:-vv Fi.-r, now a .-out to b 3 eivciGi: —i.£ v. ill be 11 GO ii. long by loti, w iue X > pt | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.3 | 3 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.11 | NOTES FROM SUNGEI UJONG. | NOTES FROM SUNGEI UJONG. By PErr?,Rc6RM The officers f this'Ph.'e be congratulated who h;r.. creases to the r s.da i.\> i i It is soauMhii g to look fonva. t this getting oi a little su n ad t to one’s sa'ary on the a !vt iT new year.* ''„11 | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.12 | Correspondence. | Correspondence. To the Enron. Sir. —Wherever you may go ■into the Country, fro.n this I Ancient City, t \e large masses of j what is commonly tomv-1 here: “‘lron-stone” 'VI tv strike •yo i as being conspicuous. At S ni'/ie Udang t Dorian Tun/al, J 'ssiufjf, an 1 several other | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.13 | VARIETIES. | VARIETIES. The ollowing ivivising paragraphB ap,>*MivJ in i'lis Overlaid Mail” ol Sept., t»th. There is a young woman at Beaver Palls, Pennsylvania, who, according to American papots is ro etia ged with electricity that a hairpin which she wore all day was magnetised cnuugh to hold sixty.nine not dies by | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.14 | SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE | SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE Arrivals Departures. 3 < ~j, Flag Departure a Vessel's name Captain" and tons From ronsigneeß Rig I Date For »oc. 1 1 i Jan. j 30 Horsburg Etam Gvt.B.e.-jsingaporo o Singapore Government Jan- j j j j 1 PyahPekhot,' O. Wall Brt b.sJ 195 Kiang I 1 do. | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.15 | PRODUCE. | PRODUCE. r a Ta-: folio *i»i£ quotiti<»ns n.r* rot-tri-fc 1 from fch. j Sinoapork Free Press of the sth ins*., Jan-rary (t.) Tlambier 6 Y do. Cube No. 1 10.10 do. do. No. 2 nominal Pepper, Black 21.50 do. White, Dry Raio 40. Nutmegs 90. Cloves 33. lalli Coffee, „20.50 | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.16 | EXCHANGE. | EXCHANGE. (Corrected vp to Janv&'j 5.) Os London. Bank 4 m e 3.-2| demand 3/1 Private credits 6ms 3/3 documents 0m 8 3/3J 3 m e .3 2J Os India. -Bunk deme.nd 222 Private 30 d s 224) Os Honokosq. Bank demand /*.<>,’“ di* Private 30 d e 2io, d.s. | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.17.1 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 | HOLLOWAY’S PILLS Sc OINTMENT The PILLS Puri V thr Blood, Corivet | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.17.2 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 | all Disorders of the LIVER, STOMACH KIDNEYS and BOXY MLS, AND ARĔ INVALUABLE IN ALL COMPLAINT IN IDENTAL TO females. aiE OINTMENT I s UNRIVALLED IN THE URE OF BAB LEGS. OLD WOUNDS, SOR ES AND ULUER FOR, BRIN 'HI MS, DIPHTHERIA G3UT. RHEUMATISM, and ALL SKIN DISEASES Il'S EFFECT | 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_e42d38f5b5012fa208783f9c8729f47b" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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