Newspapers-Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser-1899
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Published by National Library Board. 3,026 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 index of digitised Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser articles from 1899, with issue, page, and article metadata plus opening text snippets. Historians locate late-19th-century Straits Settlements press coverage in NLB’s heritage digitisation programme. 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
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- 3,026
- Columns
- 10
Data
| Newspaper title | Issue id | Issue date | Edition | Page id | Page number | Article id | Article title | Article text 1st50words | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.1 | Masthead | The Straits Telegraph AND DAILY ADVERTISER. Vol. llCk SINGAPORE, WE DNESDAY, FEB... | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.2 | Untitled | The Strata Trie^pV Tkeofioe <#jtablfeitian of thU fMper a at Ho. 1«, Hal^-atf... | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.3 | THE NEW HARBOUR DOCK COMPANY, LTD. | THE NEW HARBOUR DOCK COMPANY, LTD. Tuts imp p> -•f a!' de< "n«: in lli m i... | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.4.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | 1 Sfl 1 V—^ s, Qm km v» at, BXJ vm NAVIGATION €OMPA»T Msw Aastrslta. Aden. Egypt... | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.4.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | CARBOLATED CREOSITE. DESTROYS ALL MICROBES. A few drops in the bath act like a t... | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.4.3 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 | THE ADELPH\ HOTEL. Is mm of the oMttt and host known Hotels hi Singapore delight... | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.4.4 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 | Dealers. Stationery and Stationers Sundries ot every description at Moderate Pri... | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.1 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.4.5 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 | M. E M, Sultan Kadeapakir ('<>. B<<r to announce to fin- Lad C< l... | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.2 | 2 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.5 | WEDNESDAY, 15th FEB., 1899. THE PARTITION OF CHINA. | WEDNESDAY, 15th FEB., 1899. THE PARTITION OF CHINA. It was hoped among progressi... | NA |
| Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser | straitstelegraph18990215-1 | 15 February 1899 | 1 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.1.2 | 2 | straitstelegraph18990215-1.2.6 | BRITAIN AND FRANCE. | BRITAIN AND FRANCE. ALL friends of peace, amoni; whom are in this case all but t... | 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 | Yes |
| Page number | Text | Yes |
| Article id | Text | No |
| Article title | Text | No |
| Article text 1st50words | Text | No |
| Contributor | Text | Yes |