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Newspapers-Straits Mail-1894 to 1895

Data from Feb 2024 to Feb 2025Updated 6 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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NewspapersStraitsMail1894to1895.csv (701 rows, 281.1 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 Mail100.0%	(Null)0.0% straitsmail18950105-16.1% straitsmail18941231-15.6% straitsmail18950110-15.4% straitsmail18950122-15.4%	(Null)0.0% 5 January 18956.1% 31 December 18945.6% 10 January 18955.4% 22 January 18955.4%	(Null)0.0% 1100.0%	(Null)0.0% straitsmail18950105-1.1.32.4% straitsmail18941231-1.1.22.3% straitsmail18950110-1.1.32.3% straitsmail18950105-1.1.22.1%	(Null)0.0% 116.3% 235.4% 331.8% 416.5%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)100.0%
Straits Mail	straitsmail18941224-1	24 December 1894	1	straitsmail18941224-1.1.1	1	straitsmail18941224-1.2.1	Masthead	THE STRAITS MAIL. No. 1 SINGAPORE, lIOXIIAY, DriCEMBEfI 84, 189* P e TO	NA
Straits Mail	straitsmail18941224-1	24 December 1894	1	straitsmail18941224-1.1.1	1	straitsmail18941224-1.2.2.1	Page 1 Advertisements Column 1	pj LAB \\D OKIES f KAM XAVIGAT! S OOMPASI Ofvick t\i -nil' GoDOWKB^-.\fa flafhsw mail steamers may I utwarda an. l 1 > rah la oa tbe folio- "wasd Doßswaaai B t M ij Js Siara i 2') ]s. 7 9 n fl 4 I Itoattta I .na» X B	NA
Straits Mail	straitsmail18941224-1	24 December 1894	1	straitsmail18941224-1.1.1	1	straitsmail18941224-1.2.2.2	Page 1 Advertisements Column 2	EQUITABLE Li .v. .•s B [feTTI OF rUE I'M ri!) STATBd T!i! K m >,;.-. origißated tkc Toa iac pi in Aa war* t The I i I itii Policviba uu i pro il3 i btcfc -Nr lb li mij inther nl.si 'l it-'lv Minis. 1 enlo I an m	NA
Straits Mail	straitsmail18941224-1	24 December 1894	1	straitsmail18941224-1.1.1	1	straitsmail18941224-1.2.2.3	Page 1 Advertisements Column 3	OCEAS STKAaISHIP OOMPAHT. I r^ 1"• l anpanv tteamers dupatchi.'.l frota Liverpool ouMa-M for ihe Strait* d 01 in and rrom Shaa i omewar aatioa lot Ural and tlinrd ciaaa passeasero, i eawryioaj a >nr\|^eoo and Btewaiueos, Tbroogb Billh ».f E.v.;m'_r ay inairifor ail China, Japan, M anil a, 8	NA
Straits Mail	straitsmail18941224-1	24 December 1894	1	straitsmail18941224-1.1.1	1	straitsmail18941224-1.2.2.4	Page 1 Advertisements Column 4	CHARTE! ED BANK OF INDIA Al STKALIA VND CHINA IKCOEI iTBI Bl EOl AL '< I 7ITAL i- h. 'B•:; I S m. Buro tfoti i i (Han vwd. fLa\N BAJTht] BS Hi i \N h E I I Ei Xl i TH. i 12 umir .nuuoi. n B I	NA
Straits Mail	straitsmail18941224-1	24 December 1894	1	straitsmail18941224-1.1.2	2	straitsmail18941224-1.2.3	The Straits Mail. Singapore, Monday, 24th Dec. 1894.	The Straits Mail. Singapore, Monday, 24th Dec. 1894. UPLAXATO&Y. M The Straits Mail" is t stablished to supply what ;s believed to ben want in Singapore vis a respectab I eonducfted En^ r lis;h N^ewapaper at a in ac moderate rale than prevails now. ItsMMll any disparagement to the two	NA
Straits Mail	straitsmail18941224-1	24 December 1894	1	straitsmail18941224-1.1.2	2	straitsmail18941224-1.2.4	THE SPORTING CLUB MEETING.	THE SPORTING CLUB MEETING. Thr "inactive" members, which means about nine tenths of the membership of the Club, il 4 inactive n means nof. being a racehorse owner, are under an obligaiion to Major MaCallum for the spirited manner in which he led the opposition to the increase in the	NA
Straits Mail	straitsmail18941224-1	24 December 1894	1	straitsmail18941224-1.1.2	2	straitsmail18941224-1.2.5	Golf.	Golf. Is Mn si no ip »r-' F-mimm; e.n;!.-> Penang has won hv 2 h lleS< The details so jar as ktlOWIl are tha i (Jr-aiT tinishe I S ho] -s do am. and (Jillespie o nn, the otho*s m/ eV'-n Tin reams wre arrange! M follow s. in aYe	NA
Straits Mail	straitsmail18941224-1	24 December 1894	1	straitsmail18941224-1.1.2	2	straitsmail18941224-1.2.6	MARINE CLUB BALL.	MARINE CLUB BALL. Tbe last Marine Club Ball was such an immense success, "one ot the functions of tbe aaajaaaj that the incinbei's havo iai sided to make the event an annual one The next ball has been bad to takeplane on Friday 05th January in the Town Hall and	NA
Straits Mail	straitsmail18941224-1	24 December 1894	1	straitsmail18941224-1.1.2	2	straitsmail18941224-1.2.7	EXCHANGE COMPENSATION	EXCHANGE COMPENSATION Ihe follow ing r, .i a ill ta moved bj 11 1 J, Pre r. the bsmhbbbl Bl P till 3 >1 lie M .M.i v I'■ BBfIBBBi BH>\|fe?rfl o o-' i'M a OB ihe? 27th IBSSa 'i'!i •a I IS il ISSBB I <frl »ni Irate 1	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_50251bdaf3c3e076cccb960a605726c5"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Newspapers-Straits Mail-1894 to 1895

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NewspapersStraitsMail1894to1895.csv (701 rows, 281.1 KB)

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