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Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1908 to 1911

Data from Feb 2024 to Feb 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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NewspapersTheStraitsEchoMailEdition1908to1911.csv (29.7K rows, 12.5 MB)

Newspaper title
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Issue id
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Issue date
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Edition
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Page id
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Page number
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Article id
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Article title
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Article text 1st50words
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Contributor
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The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)100.0%
(Null)0.0%
straitsechomail19080904-11.2%
straitsechomail19081002-10.9%
straitsechomail19090108-10.9%
straitsechomail19081204-10.9%
(Null)0.0%
4/9/19081.2%
2/10/19080.9%
8/1/19090.9%
4/12/19080.9%
(Null)0.0%
1100.0%
(Null)0.0%
straitsechomail19090108-1.1.320.1%
straitsechomail19111215-1.1.90.1%
straitsechomail19100304-1.1.90.1%
straitsechomail19081204-1.1.330.1%
(Null)0.0%
11.3%
20.7%
1120.2%
8410.2%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)75.4%
(Supplied by Reuter.)10.6%
Reuter.3.4%
(Supplied by Reuter )1.3%
{Supplied by Reuter.)0.6%
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19080103-13/1/19081straitsechomail19080103-1.1.11275straitsechomail19080103-1.2.1MastheadTHE STRAITS ECHO, MAIL EDITION. ||i Per Annum. Single Copy 40 cents. Vol. 5. Penang, Friday, «3rd January, 1908. No. 53.NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19080103-13/1/19081straitsechomail19080103-1.1.31277straitsechomail19080103-1.2.10.1Page 1277 Advertisements Column 1The StMfclt® Kcho> v wSSsW Justice satisfies everybody aud justice alone— Published daily (except Sundays.) at th i CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE DAILY LOCAL |24 per annum OUTSTATIONS Postage ExtraMAIL EDITION (Post Free) $15 CABLE ADDRESS Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343. N.H, All business communications shouldNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19080103-13/1/19081straitsechomail19080103-1.1.151289straitsechomail19080103-1.2.100.1Page 1289 Advertisements Column 1That Means Rheumatism. Sore and swollen joints, sharp shooting pains, torturing muscles, no rest, no sleep. That means rheumatism. It is a stubborn disease to fight, but Chamberlain’s Pain Balm has conquered it thousands of times. It will do so whenever the opportunity is offered. Try it. One application relievesNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19080103-13/1/19081straitsechomail19080103-1.1.151289straitsechomail19080103-1.2.100.2Page 1289 Advertisements Column 2A Notable Fact. The absence of all narcotics makes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy the safest and best medicine for all coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough that can be procured. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19080103-13/1/19081straitsechomail19080103-1.1.161290straitsechomail19080103-1.2.101Duff Development.Duff Development. 1« lubrru ting »<couui. for I !><• yar i n Dec 31, 1906. the directors wUte that the ▼due of gold recovered during the hrs eight month» of the current year was about £16.000, re dising a gross profit of about 500 Mr. Marriner estimated that in AuftUitNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19080103-13/1/19081straitsechomail19080103-1.1.161290straitsechomail19080103-1.2.102During the earlier part of the week Melbourne Inman visited Kuala LumpurDuring the earlier part of the week Melbourne Inman visited Kuala Lumpur and played a game at the Selangor Club against Mr. J. H. Tyte who received 600 in l.OoO, and was beaten by 63. There was a large attendance and at the conclusion of the game Inroan gave aNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19080103-13/1/19081straitsechomail19080103-1.1.161290straitsechomail19080103-1.2.103It has been ascertained that picric acid,It has been ascertained that picric acid, which is not usually employed io quarry or mining work in India, wan uaed in the recent attempt to wreck the train of the LieutenantGovernor of Bengal on the Bengal Nagjur Railway. The Railway and the Government are each offering a reward forNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19080103-13/1/19081straitsechomail19080103-1.1.161290straitsechomail19080103-1.2.104A Dutch armoured cruiser,A Dutch armoured cruiser, the Koninyia Wilhelmina, hat» been ordered, on her return voyage from Java to Europe, to stay at Jeddah for five days, in order to have a naval demonstration against the Grand Sberif, or head of the Mahommedan religion at Mecca. It seem* that this high dignitaryNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19080103-13/1/19081straitsechomail19080103-1.1.161290straitsechomail19080103-1.2.105It is estimated thatIt is estimated that a quartet of a million Mihommelans have died of plagip* in tbe Punjab, solely because they refused to leave infected on tbo ground that Mahomniedans are forbidden to Heo from the wiath of G >d. fhe piincip.il maulvis (law doctors) ut the Punjab have now issuedNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19080103-13/1/19081straitsechomail19080103-1.1.161290straitsechomail19080103-1.2.106Says a recent issue of the Mining World:Says a recent issue of the Mining World: Shareholders in the Malay tin mines uie in a pickle’ because they do not know what is meant by a picul They require that someone, in the role of Philip, should ry to them, as that evangelist said to the Ethiopian Eunuch.NA

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Newspaper titlenewspaper_titleText-Title of newspaper
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_408fba8dd27c95c31bb5d462171c74f8"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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National Library Board. (2024). Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1908 to 1911 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 5, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_408fba8dd27c95c31bb5d462171c74f8/view

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Created on

19 Mar 2024

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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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