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Collection: National Library Singapore Digitised Newspapers

Dataset: Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1917 to 1920

Education

Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1917 to 1920

NLB (National Library Board)

This dataset is a list of digitised newspaper articles published 70 years ago or longer 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

Data from Mar 2024 to Mar 2025

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

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NewspapersTheStraitsEchoMailEdition1917to1920.csv (33.6K rows, 14.3 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%
straitsechomail19191105-11.1%
straitsechomail19190730-11.0%
straitsechomail19190903-10.9%
straitsechomail19191217-10.9%
(Null)0.0%
5/11/19191.1%
30/7/19191.0%
3/9/19190.9%
17/12/19190.9%
(Null)0.0%
1100.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
10.8%
20.4%
11020.1%
18920.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)85.6%
[Reuter’s Telegrams.]0.9%
[Reuter's Telegrams.]0.7%
#NAME?0.5%
[Reuter’s Telegrams]0.2%
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19170103-13/1/19171straitsechomail19170103-1.1.12188straitsechomail19170103-1.2.1MastheadTHE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. 117.50 Pt* Annum. Single Copy 40 cti. Vol. 15. Peaang, Wednesday, January 3, 1917. No. 53.NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19170103-13/1/19171straitsechomail19170103-1.1.32190straitsechomail19170103-1.2.10M. A. P.M. A. P. Mr. and Mrs. Christie are staying at the E, 0. Hotel. Mrs. Wu Lien Teh, who accompanied her hubbmd Dr. Wu (G. L. Tuck) as far as Hongkong is making a shoit stay in that town as a guest of Sir Robert Ho Tung. Riceot returns toNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19170103-13/1/19171straitsechomail19170103-1.1.222209straitsechomail19170103-1.2.100The Rubber Market.The Rubber Market. Srys the Kuala Lumpur correspondent ofthoTO.M,: The holidays appear to have occurred at a rather uncertain time for the rubber market, as reports generally current seem to indicate that there has been an unexpected drop in prices following upon the recent upward tendency which had been arousingNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19170103-13/1/19171straitsechomail19170103-1.1.222209straitsechomail19170103-1.2.101Tin and Rubber.Tin and Rubber. Latett Quotation 'tsr M d ‘I» following w ere ?h„ T forin us ,hat to-day for Rubber cn Snnf ,tat '°T 9 rece T8 d •le 28th instant Spot ln on Flotation h t latex crepe "/IP Smoked sheet 2/ilf P /JNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19170103-13/1/19171straitsechomail19170103-1.1.222209straitsechomail19170103-1.2.102Parish Hall.Parish Hall. SuccissruL Children’s PUT. The b tbe rS“K-;-a S’†r “'i†,Di Fernandes, well merited tbe cougratuh. Gone and prai.es accorded to them at the conclusion of the entertainment Mr. M. Baptist and Mr. D. T. P.squal, who looked after the airaogements, earned out their duties to the entireNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19170103-13/1/19171straitsechomail19170103-1.1.222209straitsechomail19170103-1.2.103Municipal Commission.Municipal Commission. Ordinary Meeting. Ad ordinary meeting of tbe Municipal Cimmisrimers was held at the Municipal Office yesterday afternoon and there were pret-fnt Messrs. W. Peel (President) A F Goodrich, P. T. Allen, Yeoh Guan Srok, and F. Duxbury with Mr, if M. Bell (Municipal Engineer) and Mr. L. A.NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19170103-13/1/19171straitsechomail19170103-1.1.222209straitsechomail19170103-1.2.104The Morning Post's WashingtonThe Morning Post's Washington corres- pondent describes President wZ°“ T- 68 greatly perturbed over the re^rt.Tr b n DB roany is feverish!» hn;u- re P ortB that Ger‘0 destroy all 08 ■mmunity f or American vewels proT,dingNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19170103-13/1/19171straitsechomail19170103-1.1.232210straitsechomail19170103-1.2.105"Our Day" Results."Our Day" Results. PUBLIC MEETING. GOVERNOR'S appeal for WAR LOAN, GnioNiAL Secretary’s Strictures. TteC.louf-" Our effort culm.uat.din a meeting. 9 'f bueday 6. K K. in the Victoria Theatre last evening, when the results were assessed and some timely 8B eech-inaking was indulged in. It was a meeting of theNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19170103-13/1/19171straitsechomail19170103-1.1.242211straitsechomail19170103-1.2.106Snipe Shooting Sequel.Snipe Shooting Sequel. Dtv«lopa«Bt ia Sitiawaa Cate l J 1 0Etid (TO H > eno,ted that th. Ipb Police lad arre.ted that morniuK «ouiegr.pb.cmform.tiin from Lumut, Mr vl’ 1 I Kwo °F. «00 of Dr. Wook E trd r2hi,*" ul ha n,( mu. I*' U UU! 1 lh 't hoNA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)straitsechomail19170103-13/1/19171straitsechomail19170103-1.1.242211straitsechomail19170103-1.2.107A Cheekce Card Case.A Cheekce Card Case. Jl-DOMlrt FOB DWWMNTS. r M Woodward io ‘be Supreme Court yesterday morning q'j°M. judgment io tbe su.t in wbicn Mr/G. Xm. Keulemans, as ,< l u tor and Chop Swee HSHuTK"Scbopl’oo R Hong(Merer S ?b“ Eastern Trading Company) andChop AiDg Bean Joo, tho first plaintiff, claimNA
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a4cc0a6658e4ae8ee28549a834a5f9ee"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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National Library Board. (2024). Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1917 to 1920 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a4cc0a6658e4ae8ee28549a834a5f9ee/view

About this dataset

Contact

ref@nlb.gov.sg

Created on

19 Mar 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

NLB (National Library Board)