Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1879
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Published by National Library Board. 1,444 records. Fields include Newspaper title, Issue id, Issue date, Edition (10 columns in total). Covers 2024-03-01 to 2025-03-01. Last updated 2024-06-06.
Description
National Library Board CSV of digitised articles from the Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle for 1879, part of NLB’s open newspaper corpus published 70 years ago or longer. Columns cover newspaper title, issue and page identifiers, dates, article titles, first-50-word text snippets, and contributors. Historians and digital-humanities users search colonial-era Straits press. Enquiries: [email protected].
Official description
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 [email protected]
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 2024-03-01 – 2025-03-01
- Rows
- 1,444
- Columns
- 10
Data
| Newspaper title | Issue id | Issue date | Edition | Page id | Page number | Article id | Article title | Article text 1st50words | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.1 | Masthead | PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AWD FRIDAY. NEW SER... | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.5 | 5 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.10.1 | Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 | ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY. PROSPECTUS. UNITED. rnHE having been THE PHYE RIVER DO... | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.6 | 6 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.11.1 | Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 | NEW GOODS 00 0 Tnr r CR JUST RECEIVED FROM PTTnnPT? c*< A V y<7 Hotel and... | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.7 | 7 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.12.1 | Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 | NOTICE WTOHCE is hereby given that I have £1 this day dissolved with MOOS.A H an... | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | peninsular Oriental Steam Nabigation ®ompanp. THE following are the appointed A... | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.2.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | STOOMVAARTS MAATSCHAPPU “NEDERLAND.” Steam Communication diregt to Holland. ’The... | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.2.3 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 | CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE THE undersigned are prepared to accept all risks on Toba... | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.2.4 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 | BRQTMKttS, GENERAL STORE, PENANG AND SINGAPORE. Commercial Square, Beach Street... | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.3.1 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 | Tff E BTAK A R D THE LONDON ASSURANCE PENAN.O MLEDI'CA.t- STQR.E, life Assurance... | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.4 | Pinang Gazette. Friday, 10th January, 1879. | Pinang Gazette. Friday, 10th January, 1879. EICttANG®. PIKANU, 10th JixuART. 187... | NA |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Newspaper title | Text | Yes |
| Issue id | Text | Yes |
| Issue date | Text | Yes |
| Edition | Text | Yes |
| Page id | Text | No |
| Page number | Text | Yes |
| Article id | Text | No |
| Article title | Text | Yes |
| Article text 1st50words | Text | No |
| Contributor | Text | Yes |