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Newspapers-Daily Advertiser-1890 to 1894

Data from Feb 2024 to Aug 2025Updated 5 months ago

NLB (National Library Board)

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.

For enquiries, please email ref@nlb.gov.sg

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NewspapersDailyAdvertiser1890to1894.csv (28.4K rows, 11.9 MB)

Newspaper title
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Issue date
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Edition
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Daily Advertiser100.0%
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dailyadvertiser18940516-10.2%
dailyadvertiser18940517-10.2%
dailyadvertiser18920823-10.2%
dailyadvertiser18940519-10.2%
(Null)0.0%
16 May 18940.2%
17 May 18940.2%
23 August 18920.2%
19 May 18940.2%
(Null)0.0%
1100.0%
(Null)0.0%
dailyadvertiser18940516-1.1.30.1%
dailyadvertiser18940809-1.1.20.1%
dailyadvertiser18940515-1.1.30.1%
dailyadvertiser18940517-1.1.30.1%
(Null)0.0%
122.3%
228.8%
336.1%
412.4%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Page 1 Advertisements Column 14.3%
Page 1 Advertisements Column 24.3%
Page 2 Advertisements Column 14.3%
Masthead4.3%
(Null)<0.1%
(Null)99.9%
Penang Gazette<0.1%
Jingo<0.1%
Win<0.1%
Mars<0.1%
Daily Advertiserdailyadvertiser18900603-13 June 18901dailyadvertiser18900603-1.1.11dailyadvertiser18900603-1.2.1MastheadThe Daily Advertiser. ISSUED GRATIS. VOL. I.] SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1890 4.^ U. t_NA
Daily Advertiserdailyadvertiser18900603-13 June 18901dailyadvertiser18900603-1.1.11dailyadvertiser18900603-1.2.2.1Page 1 Advertisements Column 1NOTICE. Ma. JopM IfvsßAl ]''ko!m !ms from this day ti.kfn over ihc iitawayeinynt &lt;&lt;f t ho Mercantile i Prew," an^towty to bis^i all bills, Jfec. B. TI. J'ISI'KCKEHMAX, J'fi'jn ietOT. Singapore, 2ml Juno, ISDO. KOftCSS. Tin' office of publication n/ the u Daily Advertiser" it si f he "Mercantile Prest,"NA
Daily Advertiserdailyadvertiser18900603-13 June 18901dailyadvertiser18900603-1.1.11dailyadvertiser18900603-1.2.2.2Page 1 Advertisements Column 2POWELL CO., Auctioneers, Singapore. FURNITURE, *C.,FOR SALE. Almirabj L-o ObeaU Be&lt;l«teafl (iron) Ja W al Bafei r.'Ml-ro &gt;ni Suites Jatatiese Screeni Book Caiea Lamia M&lt;»oi&lt; Btandn Linok&gt;nm Bill bird lublai Matting Cawl TaWei Marble Slabs Cnrpel J{n^s Moat S.il'.'x Chairs Offios D&lt;^ks Ch.unh.M- Cnpboards Office (hairs CubineM PunkalK Cli«»MtM ofNA
Daily Advertiserdailyadvertiser18900603-13 June 18901dailyadvertiser18900603-1.1.11dailyadvertiser18900603-1.2.2.3Page 1 Advertisements Column 3K!!SHT'& CO., Art Furniture Manufacturers, Decor: tors and Designers, Builders, and General Contractors. 1 I, LITTLI RtITAIV, ti), ITir.l. RtKRI kWDO*, SIMi.WoKK. REGISTERED TRAM r. ARK A large stock of every description p Hous3hold Furniture. Ornaments in great variety, sttitabi for bigh class decorations, designed l&gt; DR. CHRISTOPHER DRESSER, Sor,ENA
Daily Advertiserdailyadvertiser18900603-13 June 18901dailyadvertiser18900603-1.1.11dailyadvertiser18900603-1.2.2.4Page 1 Advertisements Column 4r j No. 620-3, North Bridge Road, n.\S just received from Paris a large and splendid nssorl tiK'iit of tho latest styles of ribbons, velveteen, iYiilitiL^s, artifipial flower*, ha! and h:iir j)ins; neck-ties, scarfs, mechanical toys, dolls, JnHiii rubber bftHs, Ac., ic. Jit Moder-ate Pr-ices. F 'Singapore, 2nd June, 1800.NA
Daily Advertiserdailyadvertiser18900603-13 June 18901dailyadvertiser18900603-1.1.22dailyadvertiser18900603-1.2.3The Daily Advertiser. Tuesday, 3rd June, 1890. The Municipal Presidentship.The Daily Advertiser. Tuesday, 3rd June, 1890. The Municipal Presidentship. From to-day Mr. Gentle takes up the duties of President of tbe Municipality, a position which Colonel Dunlop bus held with credit for some time. That the post it no sinecure cannot but be admitted, for it is well knownNA
Daily Advertiserdailyadvertiser18900603-13 June 18901dailyadvertiser18900603-1.1.22dailyadvertiser18900603-1.2.4Medical Classes.Medical Classes. In a recent issue of the Government Gazette, rules regarding tlie establishment of local medical clauses were given. From what can be gleaned from public opinion, they are disftppointiiig. In the Brat place the Age tor admission is r it if thought, fixed too low, thus preventing aNA
Daily Advertiserdailyadvertiser18900603-13 June 18901dailyadvertiser18900603-1.1.22dailyadvertiser18900603-1.2.5.1Page 2 Advertisements Column 1Have just received Socks :...&lt;! Sii^lds, 1 Shirts smd Ties, Opkua GLASSES. LBbel; Beware of imitations. MUBATTI'S Messr s iQHN l]ttue aco and by all i Chinese Provision Shop-keepers. It,,ST bimil S 6 ,MPOHT ER S Co Cigarettes. i TTncT S. WITHER CO.'S SAFES. nirr nun Persepolis& Nepkas. SAFE BIND.NA
Daily Advertiserdailyadvertiser18900603-13 June 18901dailyadvertiser18900603-1.1.33dailyadvertiser18900603-1.2.6EXCHANGE TO-DAY.EXCHANGE TO-DAY. London 4 months 1 sight 3/-AJ h 3 n */H 60 &lt;%«' «/&lt;//// 8/3 J 30 3/3J demand 3/8 1 T.T. 3/3* France, demand 4.11 New York 76 Java 196 Hamburg 3.33 Penang oio prem. Sandakan 1 o/o prem. i India 224 Madras 223 Colombo Hongkong ojo dis.NA
Daily Advertiserdailyadvertiser18900603-13 June 18901dailyadvertiser18900603-1.1.33dailyadvertiser18900603-1.2.7The Tramway Company.The Tramway Company. Since this Company lias changed hands, it is becoming apparent day by d;iy that the number of passengers carried is far in excess to what it was originally, and it is therefore not premature to say that the tram cars are now becoming first favourites amongst theNA

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Newspaper titlenewspaper_titleText-Newspaper title
Issue idissue_idText-Issue ID
Issue dateissue_dateText-Issue date
EditioneditionText-Edition
Page idpage_idText-Page ID
Page numberpage_numberText-Page number
Article idarticle_idText-Article ID
Article titlearticle_titleText-Title of article
Article text 1st50wordsarticle_text_1st50wordsText-First 50 words of the article text
ContributorcontributorText-Contributor- an entity that made contributions to the article
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_259427b26f58f92762229a5da33b95f4"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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National Library Board. (2022). Newspapers-Daily Advertiser-1890 to 1894 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 5, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_259427b26f58f92762229a5da33b95f4/view

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ref@nlb.gov.sg

Created on

22 Sep 2022

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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NLB (National Library Board)

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