Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1913 to 1916
What this data shows
Published by National Library Board. 32,009 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 The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) articles from 1913 through 1916, with issue, page, and article metadata. Historians locate World War I–era Straits press coverage in NLB’s open newspaper 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
- Rows
- 32,009
- 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) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE STRAITS ECHO, MAIL EDITION. Si?.so Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cents. Vol. 11... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.4 | 1087 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.10 | Rugby Football in Singapore. | Rugby Football in Singapore. (Echo Spacial.} Selang r Beat Singapor?. Singapore,... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.100 | New Year in Kuala Lumpur. | New Year in Kuala Lumpur. {Echo Special.) Kuala Lumpur, January 2. New Year was... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.101 | New Year in Singapore. | New Year in Singapore. â– III I I {Echo Special.} Singapore, January 2. Unceasin... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.102 | Singapore Train Collision. | Singapore Train Collision. {Echo Special.) Singapore, January 2nd. A passenger a... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.103 | Nyalas. | Nyalas. Reduction of Capital. {Echo Special) Singapore, December 31. A special m... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.104 | NEW YEAR HONOURS. | NEW YEAR HONOURS. {Echo Special) K. C. M. G. For Mr. Brockman. Kuala Lumpur, Jan... | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.105 | Diplomatic Changes. | Diplomatic Changes. Sir Conyngham Gratae and Baroa Kato. (Reuter.) London, Decem... | (Reuter.) |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.106 | Stafford House. | Stafford House. {Reuter.) T T r London, December 31. In the House of Commons Mr.... | {Reuter.) |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19130103-1 | 3/1/1913 | 1 | straitsechomail19130103-1.1.23 | 4 | straitsechomail19130103-1.2.107 | Tibet and Mongolia. | Tibet and Mongolia. (Reuter.) London, December 31. According to despatches recei... | (Reuter.) |
Preview shows 10 rows and 10 columns. Use the table search or download the CSV for the full data.
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 | No |
| Article text 1st50words | Text | No |
| Contributor | Text | Yes |