Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1908 to 1911
What this data shows
Published by National Library Board. 29,645 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 catalogue of digitised articles from The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) covering issues from 1908 to 1911, with issue and page identifiers, titles, first-50-word excerpts, and contributors. Historians and cultural researchers explore early twentieth-century Singapore and Straits Settlements press via NLB’s digitised newspaper holdings. 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
- 29,645
- Columns
- 10
Data
| Newspaper title | Issue id | Issue date | Edition | Page id | Page number | Article id | Article title | Article text 1st50words | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19080103-1 | 3/1/1908 | 1 | straitsechomail19080103-1.1.1 | 1275 | straitsechomail19080103-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE STRAITS ECHO, MAIL EDITION. ||i Per Annum. Single Copy 40 cents. Vol. 5. Pen... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19080103-1 | 3/1/1908 | 1 | straitsechomail19080103-1.1.3 | 1277 | straitsechomail19080103-1.2.10.1 | Page 1277 Advertisements Column 1 | The StMfclt® Kcho> v wSSsW Justice satisfies everybody aud justice alone—... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19080103-1 | 3/1/1908 | 1 | straitsechomail19080103-1.1.15 | 1289 | straitsechomail19080103-1.2.100.1 | Page 1289 Advertisements Column 1 | That Means Rheumatism. Sore and swollen joints, sharp shooting pains, torturing... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19080103-1 | 3/1/1908 | 1 | straitsechomail19080103-1.1.15 | 1289 | straitsechomail19080103-1.2.100.2 | Page 1289 Advertisements Column 2 | A Notable Fact. The absence of all narcotics makes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19080103-1 | 3/1/1908 | 1 | straitsechomail19080103-1.1.16 | 1290 | straitsechomail19080103-1.2.101 | Duff Development. | Duff Development. 1« lubrru ting »<couui. for I !><• yar i n Dec 31... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19080103-1 | 3/1/1908 | 1 | straitsechomail19080103-1.1.16 | 1290 | straitsechomail19080103-1.2.102 | During the earlier part of the week Melbourne Inman visited Kuala Lumpur | During the earlier part of the week Melbourne Inman visited Kuala Lumpur and pla... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19080103-1 | 3/1/1908 | 1 | straitsechomail19080103-1.1.16 | 1290 | straitsechomail19080103-1.2.103 | It has been ascertained that picric acid, | It has been ascertained that picric acid, which is not usually employed io quarr... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19080103-1 | 3/1/1908 | 1 | straitsechomail19080103-1.1.16 | 1290 | straitsechomail19080103-1.2.104 | A Dutch armoured cruiser, | A Dutch armoured cruiser, the Koninyia Wilhelmina, hat» been ordered, on her re... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19080103-1 | 3/1/1908 | 1 | straitsechomail19080103-1.1.16 | 1290 | straitsechomail19080103-1.2.105 | It is estimated that | It is estimated that a quartet of a million Mihommelans have died of plagip* in... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19080103-1 | 3/1/1908 | 1 | straitsechomail19080103-1.1.16 | 1290 | straitsechomail19080103-1.2.106 | Says a recent issue of the Mining World: | Says a recent issue of the Mining World: Shareholders in the Malay tin mines uie... | 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 |