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Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1913 to 1916

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.

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NewspapersTheStraitsEchoMailEdition1913to1916.csv (32K rows, 13.6 MB)

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% The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)100.0%	(Null)0.0% straitsechomail19140213-11.0% straitsechomail19131128-10.9% straitsechomail19131212-10.9% straitsechomail19140618-10.9%	(Null)0.0% 13/2/19141.0% 28/11/19130.9% 12/12/19130.9% 18/6/19140.9%	(Null)0.0% 1100.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% 11.1% 20.6% 180.1% 200.1%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)75.6% (Reuter.)9.6% ( Reuter.)0.9% (Reuterâ€™s Service.) Copyright Telegram.0.7% (Reuter )0.6%
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19130103-1	3/1/1913	1	straitsechomail19130103-1.1.1	1	straitsechomail19130103-1.2.1	Masthead	THE STRAITS ECHO, MAIL EDITION. Si?.so Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cents. Vol. 11. Penang, Friday. 3rd JANUARY, 1913. No. 1.	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19130103-1	3/1/1913	1	straitsechomail19130103-1.1.4	1087	straitsechomail19130103-1.2.10	Rugby Football in Singapore.	Rugby Football in Singapore. (Echo Spacial.} Selang r Beat Singapor?. Singapore, December 26. Selangor beat Singapore in the Rugby football match by one penalty goal and one try to nil. The match was watched by a great crowd, the Europeans including H. E. the Governor and Lady Evelyn Young. The	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19130103-1	3/1/1913	1	straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23	4	straitsechomail19130103-1.2.100	New Year in Kuala Lumpur.	New Year in Kuala Lumpur. {Echo Special.) Kuala Lumpur, January 2. New Year was ushered in very favourably at Kuala Lumpur by a dance at the Selangor Club which was largely attended and did not break up till four in the morning. The Chinese held Sports on the Padang on	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19130103-1	3/1/1913	1	straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23	4	straitsechomail19130103-1.2.101	New Year in Singapore.	New Year in Singapore. â– III I I {Echo Special.} Singapore, January 2. Unceasing rain fell here yesterday. Nevertheless, the Sea Sports were held as arranged. The sailing was good, but the attendance very small. The Land Sports were postponed to Saturday, as the race course is under water.	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19130103-1	3/1/1913	1	straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23	4	straitsechomail19130103-1.2.102	Singapore Train Collision.	Singapore Train Collision. {Echo Special.) Singapore, January 2nd. A passenger and a goods train collided, head on, this morning at the 13th mile stone. The driver of the passenger train, the engine of which was derailed, was slightly injured.	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19130103-1	3/1/1913	1	straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23	4	straitsechomail19130103-1.2.103	Nyalas.	Nyalas. Reduction of Capital. {Echo Special) Singapore, December 31. A special meeting of the shareholders of the Nyalas Rubber Company passed the special resolutions reducing the capital of the company and consolidating the unissued shares. Mr. Peck, who presided, said that under the old conditions there was no possibility of	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19130103-1	3/1/1913	1	straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23	4	straitsechomail19130103-1.2.104	NEW YEAR HONOURS.	NEW YEAR HONOURS. {Echo Special) K. C. M. G. For Mr. Brockman. Kuala Lumpur, January 2. A telegram was received yesterday by the Secretariat, Kuala Lumpur, from Mr. L. V. Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the effect that His Majesty the King has been pleased to bestow	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19130103-1	3/1/1913	1	straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23	4	straitsechomail19130103-1.2.105	Diplomatic Changes.	Diplomatic Changes. Sir Conyngham Gratae and Baroa Kato. (Reuter.) London, December 31. Sir Conyngham Greene, lately British Minister to Denmark who has been appointed to succeed Sir Claude MacDonald as British Ambassador at Tokio, sails for Japan on January 9. He will bo accompanied by Lady Greene. Baron Kato, the	(Reuter.)
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19130103-1	3/1/1913	1	straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23	4	straitsechomail19130103-1.2.106	Stafford House.	Stafford House. {Reuter.) T T r London, December 31. In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith announced that Sir William Lever, had offered the remainder of the lease of Stafford House as a gift to the nation subject to certain, conditions, and added that the Government much appreciated bis generosity	{Reuter.)
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19130103-1	3/1/1913	1	straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23	4	straitsechomail19130103-1.2.107	Tibet and Mongolia.	Tibet and Mongolia. (Reuter.) London, December 31. According to despatches received in St Petersburg by the Aâ€™owe Vnuiya from Urga, the bunat Djorjieff has arrived there from Lhasa and announced the declaration of independence of Tibet and the accession of the Dalai Lama. He declared that he was empowered to	(Reuter.)

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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

Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7daf3cec5d6d840ed2cbb3f5f2941079"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1913 to 1916

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NewspapersTheStraitsEchoMailEdition1913to1916.csv (32K rows, 13.6 MB)

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