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Newspapers-Straits Eurasian Advocate-1888

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This dataset is a list of digitised out-of-copyright newspaper articles from the National Library, Singapore.

These materials present a valuable resource on Singapore’s history, art and culture, digitised as part of an endeavour to preserve and provide better access to resources located within the library to enable users to explore and discover these resources.

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NewspapersStraitsEurasianAdvocate1888.csv (293 rows, 114.3 KB)

Newspaper title Text	Issue id Text	Issue date Text	Edition Text	Page id Text	Page number Text	Article id Text	Article title Text	Article text 1st50words Text	Contributor Text
(Null)0.0% Straits Eurasian Advocate100.0%	(Null)0.0% straitseurasian18880412-16.5% straitseurasian18880505-16.5% straitseurasian18880512-16.5% straitseurasian18880616-16.5%	(Null)0.0% 5 May 18886.5% 12 May 18886.5% 16 June 18886.5% 30 June 18886.5%	(Null)0.0% 1100.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% 121.8% 236.2% 315.0% 411.9%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)100.0%
Straits Eurasian Advocate	straitseurasian18880317-1	17 March 1888	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.1.1	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.2.1	Masthead	THE Straits Eurasian Advocate. A WEEKLY PAPER PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. VOL. I. SINGAPORE, UTCJIDAY 17th MARCH, I*BB \'>. 1 n	NA
Straits Eurasian Advocate	straitseurasian18880317-1	17 March 1888	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.1.1	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.2.2.1	Page 1 Advertisements Column 1	TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Quart erl) 1 $Lit»o>i $t«6»Ctt6#ti in Xki $tutih yl ll lll i, RATES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS," lines and uiuk»r...3 i*< nts per li' c tot each ID '(ion. Over 25 liiu'H 2 do. do, Knll Column One Dolitt do, do. of l i.nii per Mensem. Contracts entered into	NA
Straits Eurasian Advocate	straitseurasian18880317-1	17 March 1888	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.1.1	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.2.2.2	Page 1 Advertisements Column 2	LADIES DEPARTMENT. Velveteens in light evening shade. n8 in rioui Khad< s. j bl pi tin moy !m" i l:v l '^embroidered and plain, re i bronze itrap ihoss, Laities' white kid '■our <hoes Pparl and fancy buckles f or dress,.^ CorHeti ••Th.' Sew* 1 Khortonin Udiss India Oanse v-i.	NA
Straits Eurasian Advocate	straitseurasian18880317-1	17 March 1888	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.1.1	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.2.2.3	Page 1 Advertisements Column 3	KATZ BROTHERS. //l 17/ \/;n i y i ir[(Ki:i> oVu: iv i tn z^ Qi pasting n I sin- ie iron be Istmdi Double do. Patent wroren spring mattwsei Woollen xpring ina(tns>i< BeiMii\frK. al way* on hiuid. Thone< bent wood ohaim. Couuhes, Rooking chairs, xolas, Office -h.iirs and i tusiu	NA
Straits Eurasian Advocate	straitseurasian18880317-1	17 March 1888	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.1.2	2	straitseurasian18880317-1.2.3	LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.	LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. yingoptrr, 11th March, ISSS. PRODUCE. finniixT 7, fin. 'IIU So. I \|o*9o. fin. do. Xn. 2. 9,45, Copra, Bali 4jOO. do. Pontinak B.7<>. Pepper, Mack 11,76. Bago Flour, Sarawak t.671. Pearl Sagu 2.">.j. Coffee, Bali 3&80. Tapiooa nnail Plaki MO. fin. no. Ist (junlifv n ().."»<». do.	NA
Straits Eurasian Advocate	straitseurasian18880317-1	17 March 1888	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.1.2	2	straitseurasian18880317-1.2.4	CALENDAR.	CALENDAR. s,ii aniaj 1 7i Ii Haroh Bt, Patdek*i day, Suiultn »..18th i" PaiMimi bmidttj IfcHidttj ...r.'ili do, TiwucUn ...i'"ili (ki ■".!;!> L'l-I dO Thuindii) i i<l 1 In. Iriihiv ..."J-i'l dn.	NA
Straits Eurasian Advocate	straitseurasian18880317-1	17 March 1888	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.1.2	2	straitseurasian18880317-1.2.5	SATURDAY, 17th MARCH, 1888. The Straits Eurasian Advocate. THE CIVIL PROCEDURE ORDINANCE 1878.	SATURDAY, 17th MARCH, 1888. The Straits Eurasian Advocate. THE CIVIL PROCEDURE ORDINANCE 1878. Tl R j»i' >cedmv in ihe I 'w\\ 'mn is I.! IS 'u\|< if V IIS 1< i ill l i'( >Y(M'V of i m 1 Li- 1 1 1 i i for a Liquidated demand under	NA
Straits Eurasian Advocate	straitseurasian18880317-1	17 March 1888	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.1.2	2	straitseurasian18880317-1.2.6.1	Page 2 Advertisements Column 1	IVANTKH. ii "i" ■••!al»!«- Kura>i«n an Appn-ntirt-. K. n-nrfH rer\|iiiml. Apply tv J (rRAKAM, Battery K«»atl. SinjrajM.iv, L'xrl .1 miiary, 1>' SHNOTICE, IMPAIRED VISION, LWN IMvVCi: AND \|fAYO< OI'TII VI MM 1 hTICIAXS. F.i i\ I)(>\. c\l.i ITT\ AXI) BOMBAY. Ml:. LaWRKX( M"I 11" .i t" >\ 6 !inn niUj	NA
Straits Eurasian Advocate	straitseurasian18880317-1	17 March 1888	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.1.3	3	straitseurasian18880317-1.2.7	Random Shots by our facetious correspondent.	Random Shots by our facetious correspondent. W'ni id it nut 1h- well foe the European Constables to perambulate by twoi from town to Rocbore every four boon. They woulp kill two birdi with one itoue gurpnse visit on the Native Constables and gambling and gambler*. fain glad t lie Municipal	NA
Straits Eurasian Advocate	straitseurasian18880317-1	17 March 1888	1	straitseurasian18880317-1.1.3	3	straitseurasian18880317-1.2.8	INSPECTOR OF TELEGRAPH LINES PERAK.	INSPECTOR OF TELEGRAPH LINES PERAK. A i J !L I inn i rites here have -■>■ loai f a tfc raid 9eitl< i n<> ■bn ii incut bioh car i ttb i! ope innam, tree quart re, b nd ti Ing allo? ana Among the v m received were hose	NA

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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
          
dataset_id = "d_1a0e13ffcdd67a3954f12cec0b63a1d1"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Newspapers-Straits Eurasian Advocate-1888

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