Newspapers-The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle-1889 to 1892
What this data shows
Published by National Library Board. 8,845 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 Independent and Penang Chronicle (1889–1892), with issue, page, and article metadata. 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
- Rows
- 8,845
- Columns
- 10
Data
| Newspaper title | Issue id | Issue date | Edition | Page id | Page number | Article id | Article title | Article text 1st50words | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.1 | Masthead | The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE ’ice 2) Ckxts. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDN... | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | INSURANCES. ”*0 ADT\TOA\T O «A The Positive G-overnment Seenrue Marine”lnsurance... | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.3 | OURSELVES. | OURSELVES. 1 r will doubtless be expected that upon this, our first appearance,... | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.4 | OUR CIRCULAR. | OUR CIRCULAR. I hat there is ample room, in fact a demand for a second paper in... | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.5 | OUR MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATION. | OUR MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATION. When the present Municipal Act as introduced to th... | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.6 | THE SANITARY CONDITION OF PENANG. | THE SANITARY CONDITION OF PENANG. Vi it regret to have learnt of the prevalence... | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.7.1 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 | THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. K>*... | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.8 | A CHINESE VIEW OF THE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE. | A CHINESE VIEW OF THE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE. Oxe of our Chinese friends, a very hi... | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.9 | EX-KING MILAN OF SERVIA. | EX-KING MILAN OF SERVIA. If Kings and Kaisers both great and small, who are reig... | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18890313-1 | 13 March 1889 | 1 | straitsindependent18890313-1.1.4 | 4 | straitsindependent18890313-1.2.10 | REUTER’S TELEGRAMS. | REUTER’S TELEGRAMS. London, 4th March 1889. Pigott, the forger of the Parnell le... | 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 | No |
| Article text 1st50words | Text | No |
| Contributor | Text | Yes |