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Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1906 to 1910

Data from Feb 2024 to Feb 2025Updated 8 months ago

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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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NewspapersPinangGazetteandStraitsChronicle1906to1910.csv (81.7K rows)

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% Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle100.0%	(Null)0.0% pinangazette19061231-10.1% pinangazette19101224-10.1% pinangazette19101203-10.1% pinangazette19061015-10.1%	(Null)0.0% 31/12/19060.1% 24/12/19100.1% 3/12/19100.1% 15/10/19060.1%	(Null)0.0% 1100.0%	(Null)0.0% pinangazette19100624-1.1.5<0.1% pinangazette19100209-1.1.5<0.1% pinangazette19100906-1.1.5<0.1% pinangazette19100701-1.1.5<0.1%	(Null)0.0% 312.7% 414.2% 532.4% 615.2%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)83.2% [Reuterâ€™s Service.]3.9% [Reuterâ€™s Service ]1.6% [Reuterâ€™s Service]0.8% [Reuter's Service.]0.4%
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette19060102-1	2/1/1906	1	pinangazette19060102-1.1.1	1	pinangazette19060102-1.2.1	Masthead	PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. 1 IvOL. LXIV. TUESDAY, 2nd JANUARY. 1906. PRICE 20 CENTS.	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette19060102-1	2/1/1906	1	pinangazette19060102-1.1.4	4	pinangazette19060102-1.2.10	THE WEEK.	THE WEEK. Tuesday. 2nd January League Football C. R. C r. A. C. 8. High water 6.12 p.m. Low w ater 12.12 am WediiÂ«Â«lÂ»y, 3rd January Town Band, Esplanailu, 6 p.in. High water 7.04 P 1 Low water 1 <'l a. m Thursday. 4th January. League Football N. L. St.	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette19060102-1	2/1/1906	1	pinangazette19060102-1.1.4	4	pinangazette19060102-1.2.11	Tuesday, 2nd January, 1906.	Tuesday, 2nd January, 1906. The Nev. ear s Honours which Reuter sent through on Saturday an* rather more interesting than usual. No less than seven nÂ»*w peers are created, while the list of Iâ€™nvy Councillors is increased bv eight namÂ».-s Sir Willjam Wills, who figures first on the list, is	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette19060102-1	2/1/1906	1	pinangazette19060102-1.1.4	4	pinangazette19060102-1.2.12	PERAK RIFLE ASSOCIATION.	PERAK RIFLE ASSOCIATION. From Our Otcn Corretipondent.] Taiping, 30th Dec. The above Association held its Annual Geneial Meeting, at the Perak Club, on the 29th inst. There were present the Commit- tee and the following members: Messrs, j late, Tickell. Ellis. Knocker, Sugden. Ste- I phetis, ami Winboome On the	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette19060102-1	2/1/1906	1	pinangazette19060102-1.1.4	4	pinangazette19060102-1.2.13	LEAGUE FOOTBALL.	LEAGUE FOOTBALL. GOSSIP BY PAUI m>> Exactly a dozen matches h avft k decided in the League competition an d h* 1 contests have been 80 remarkablv e that six have hem d law (not evei goal being scored in three of ,e have been won by the h are	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette19060102-1	2/1/1906	1	pinangazette19060102-1.1.4	4	pinangazette19060102-1.2.14	S. Georgeâ€™s Church, Penang.	S. Georgeâ€™s Church, Penang. Daily- Matins, 9-30 a.m. Epiph' Saturday, Jan. 6th, Feast ot (!1 [lb any of our Lord, 8 a. mHoly Communion.	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette19060102-1	2/1/1906	1	pinangazette19060102-1.1.4	4	pinangazette19060102-1.2.15.1	Page 4 Advertisements Column 1	DAVIDSON Co., f-.t inv Tailors,.... Winchester House, SINGAPORE Mr. George DAVIDSON J Four years with the celebrated Firm of HENRY POOLE Co., Savile Slow, Jsondott. Ten years with the Firm of R. R. NEILL 4 Co j Sheffield, I (ONE OF THE NOTED PROVINCIAL FIRMS). Fourteen Years and four months	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette19060102-1	2/1/1906	1	pinangazette19060102-1.1.4	4	pinangazette19060102-1.2.15.2	Page 4 Advertisements Column 2	fWNTRIBVTIONS must be to The Editor,â€ written on diii eide Afifhh onln and aecoinpakiied/ ley <the write.f nhnne au4 fiddtets not necehtai-idy 'for insertion but as a guarantee of LTi ntonies must be to the Oeiieral ifawger at the riua^L^ uiette Penang. r L L business eoinnuiuicati</fi,s should he dressed	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette19060102-1	2/1/1906	1	pinangazette19060102-1.1.5	5	pinangazette19060102-1.2.16	RUSSIA.	RUSSIA. E'dRDBR RESTORED 1Â« MOSCOW. OLUTION ARIES BOMBARDED IN THE STREETS. *kCHY ON THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY. TROUBLES IN THE BALTIC PROVINCES. R kut e r's Service.] S London, 30th Dec. >rder has been completely restored at â– scow. Trade .and traffic are proceeding â– their normal manner. I London, 31st Dec. â– lhe	[ R kut e r's Service.]
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette19060102-1	2/1/1906	1	pinangazette19060102-1.1.5	5	pinangazette19060102-1.2.17	THE WAR STORES SCANDAL.	THE WAR STORES SCANDAL. FURTHER ARRESTS [Reuterâ€™s Service.] London, Ist Jan. Five warrant officers and non-commis-sioned officers have been arrested in connection with the South African War Stores scandal. London, 2nd Jan. A court-martial has been ordered to be held at Chelsea to-morrow (Wednesday) on Sergt.-Major Hilton, of the Army	[Reuterâ€™s Service.]

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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_8ce983e6b90d94010dbcd10a24ded26e"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1906 to 1910

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NewspapersPinangGazetteandStraitsChronicle1906to1910.csv (81.7K rows)

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