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Newspapers-Straits Echo-1905 to 1909

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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NewspapersStraitsEcho1905to1909.csv (90.8K rows, 34.8 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% Straits Echo100.0%	(Null)0.0% straitsecho19060108-10.1% straitsecho19070727-10.1% straitsecho19060127-10.1% straitsecho19061022-10.1%	(Null)0.0% 1906-01-080.1% 1907-07-270.1% 1906-01-270.1% 1906-10-220.1%	(Null)0.0% 1100.0%	(Null)0.0% straitsecho19060127-1.1.5<0.1% straitsecho19060203-1.1.5<0.1% straitsecho19060205-1.1.5<0.1% straitsecho19060305-1.1.5<0.1%	(Null)0.0% 311.6% 417.3% 530.1% 611.9%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)100.0% .—Reuter.<0.1%
Straits Echo	straitsecho19050103-1	1905-01-03	1	straitsecho19050103-1.1.1	1	straitsecho19050103-1.2.1	Masthead	Straits Echo UAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED mai ay ct.tec .«n r*-ut«AlLU MALAV STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL,. 3. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY. Grd JANUARY, 1905. Single Copy, 10 cents, No. 1.	NA
Straits Echo	straitsecho19050103-1	1905-01-03	1	straitsecho19050103-1.1.1	1	straitsecho19050103-1.2.10	SHARES	SHARES Bersa wall Gold Mine Co., Ld. 13. —gales Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., bd 4.25 noiii. liedjiuag Leboug Gold MinI ing Co., Ti<l 230 buyers KadunaGold M iniugCo,,Ltd. (fully paid) 5 \|<).— nom. Bruseli Tin Mining Co., (id. 2. —sales Karangau Tin Mining Co. 10. —sellers K inta '1	NA
Straits Echo	straitsecho19050103-1	1905-01-03	1	straitsecho19050103-1.1.1	1	straitsecho19050103-1.2.11	PRODUCE.	PRODUCE. I'm 5 78.3 Gold leaf $79.', li. Pepper (W. Coast 3ibs.saz.)s 25.5([ teller* While Fepper 38£ buyer* Trang Pepj-er, business §27. Cloves (picked) Mace 85 —tellers Mace Pickings /6.— teller* Nut megs 11 Os 4 0\a!e No. 1 0 10 Horn Sugar 2 no stock. I »asket 5.10 tale*	NA
Straits Echo	straitsecho19050103-1	1905-01-03	1	straitsecho19050103-1.1.1	1	straitsecho19050103-1.2.12.1	ARRIVALS.	ARRIVALS. c Diomkd, Br. s.s. 3,005, Youug, 31st Dec., Singapore, 30th Dec., Gen.— W.M. Co. Loth, Dut. s.s. 827, Potjewyd, 2u<l Jau Singapore, 31st Dec., Geu.,—H. L& Co. Pin Sknu, Br. s.s. 378, Davidson, 2nd Jan Singapore, 31st Dec., Gen.,—Quail IFiiig Kee. Pentakota, Br. B s. 2,209, Willis, 3rd Jau.,	NA
Straits Echo	straitsecho19050103-1	1905-01-03	1	straitsecho19050103-1.1.1	1	straitsecho19050103-1.2.12.2	DEPARTURES.	DEPARTURES. 3rd January. Cha it Tut, for Perlis and Setul. Tin Semj, for Port Swetteuliam, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Lady Weld, for Teluk Anson. Asahan, for Asahau. T. Hi nut u, for Deli. Tentakoto for Singapore.	NA
Straits Echo	straitsecho19050103-1	1905-01-03	1	straitsecho19050103-1.1.1	1	straitsecho19050103-1.2.12.3	EXPECTED.	EXPECTED. Aijtnl* 1 thi« Ati'liilutua Hamburg 4th Jau. Unity Rangoon 4th <*, A lH-ilt Singajiore A. A, A.Co. 5 tli Peru Colombo S.K.ACo. 7th (iisela Singapore S.K.ACo. 11th lien Ionium! Singapore S.B.ACo. 15th	NA
Straits Echo	straitsecho19050103-1	1905-01-03	1	straitsecho19050103-1.1.1	1	straitsecho19050103-1.2.12.4	SAILINGS.	SAILINGS. 1 j y„. !>••• via Nipj>ou Sim/a(H>re S.KJcCu. lbt Jan. Both Pulo Well H.L.ACo. 2nd <4. A pear Calcutta A A. A Co. otb Peru jSiugapore S.K.ACo. 7th Gisela 'Colombo S.K.&Co. 11th Ben Ion loud Condon S B. A Co. 15th	NA
Straits Echo	straitsecho19050103-1	1905-01-03	1	straitsecho19050103-1.1.1	1	straitsecho19050103-1.2.12.5	MAILS CLOSE	MAILS CLOSE For Deli, —Per Hebe, to-morrow, II a.m. Asahan, —Per Tate Tony, to-morrow, I p.m. Trang, -Per Deli, to-morrow, 1 p m. Teluk Anson, —Per Lanylcal, to-morrow, 2 p.ua. Edie, T. Semawe, Segli aud Olehleh, —Per Pegu, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Langkat,—Per Jin Ho, 2 p?ta. Deli—Per Cornelia, sth instant,	NA
Straits Echo	straitsecho19050103-1	1905-01-03	1	straitsecho19050103-1.1.1	1	straitsecho19050103-1.2.13.1	Page 1 Advertisements Column 1	MARTYN Co. <o,o^ WHioKIES. British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Sea Trips during the X’MAS HOLIDAYS. O ETURN TICKETS, available between XV 15th December and 15th January next, will be granted at SINGLE FARES, for both Ist and 2nd Class, to the undermentioned places, viz.:— Ist Class. 2nd Class. sailings	NA
Straits Echo	straitsecho19050103-1	1905-01-03	1	straitsecho19050103-1.1.1	1	straitsecho19050103-1.2.13.2	Page 1 Advertisements Column 2	SIRDAR.	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_80d80e9fe2d1e0f1617c83a3937f0f5d"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Newspapers-Straits Echo-1905 to 1909

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NewspapersStraitsEcho1905to1909.csv (90.8K rows, 34.8 MB)

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