Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1856
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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 | pinangazette18560112-1 | 1856-01-12 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.2.1 | Masthead | Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. New Series, VOL. XIV. SATURDAY, 12th JaiiUARY 1856, NO. 2. Public Notification» appearing in thia Paper and Signed by the Proper Au t h o ri ti ee a r e t o be conslderedaaOfficip] | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18560112-1 | 1856-01-12 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.2.2 | PINANG GAZETTE Saturday, January 12th, 1856. | PINANG GAZETTE Saturday, January 12th, 1856. The P. Sc O Steamer Chusan arrived here on the 9 h Instant from China en route tor Calcutta, -one ot the P. O. Steamers from Galle for China may be expected here on the 15th Inst. The P. O Steamer Pekin from Calcutta | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18560112-1 | 1856-01-12 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.2.3.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | Pemuidlar and Oriental feteain Navigation Company. fg WE following vessels heg longing to llie Peninsular 41g\ x |> and Oriental Steam Navigation Company may be expected heie about tnese date* SI NGAPORE from Galle tn route to China 14th Inst. MADRAS.... China „to Galle 24th PEKIN Calcutta to China 26th | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18560112-1 | 1856-01-12 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.2.3.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | FOR SALE. Malay, Chinese and Kdna Calen dar for 1856, price 30 cent* each or $2. 50 for 10. Pinang Gazette Office. Thu PINANG GAZBTTIC STRAITS CHR JNICI.B will in future published on Saturday morning Communications of all kinds should, whenever it is possible, be sent in on Thursday. Advertisements | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18560112-1 | 1856-01-12 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18560112-1.2.4 | LITERATURE. | LITERATURE. —lbid- It would he curious to have before us accurate statistics of Literature, especially with reference to the prices of books. When we see Dickens selling 40,000 copies of a guinea book in sinking, numbers, we are apt to suppose that were tlie price of books reduced, the sale | —lbid- |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18560112-1 | 1856-01-12 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18560112-1.2.5 | SINGAPORE. | SINGAPORE. —lbid In our paper of the 6th current we mentioned that a band of Gallang and Sikana pirates, under the leadership of a notorious character named Si Amah, were plying their vocation in Bulang Strait», no far from this Acting on thia information, the author', lies a' Rhio immediately | —lbid |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18560112-1 | 1856-01-12 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18560112-1.2.6.1 | A Declaration of War against America | A Declaration of War against America -Leader, Oct. 27. has been made from the office of the Times, and the greatest blow that has been given to the war in the East belongs to the present week. For while the Times, is the first to utter the hostile declaration, it | #NAME? |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18560112-1 | 1856-01-12 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18560112-1.2.6.2 | England and America. | England and America. —Economist, November 3. It cannot be dented, however much it is to be regretted, that the state of feeling subsisting between the United States and this country is by no means as harmonious as it ought to be. Oor friendship is rarely cordial at the beet of | —Economist |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18560112-1 | 1856-01-12 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18560112-1.2.6.3 | Misunderstandings with the United States. | Misunderstandings with the United States. Considerable surprise has been excited at find, ing by the last arrivals from America that the uneasiness which has been felt here at the propects of some sertous dispute with the United States was by nn means shared on the other side ef the water. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18560112-1 | 1856-01-12 | 1 | pinangazette18560112-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette18560112-1.2.6.4 | A School for Tigers in the East. | A School for Tigers in the East. Ihe 10l owing ra Iler alar in mg account is taken i otn a dai'y Ncwep.per.— ‘•Rann DEFopt’Lanoir or Singapore by Ticzr» 1 wouea Ila by ev< r) week (s..y t|, e ~o re i re,r Press) are ,-ead of in the papers | 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_f81f3ae8743b587a0eda4b44c2ed6f4d" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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