Features
The Egyptian Gazette contains a large number of recurring elements. Some of this material is captured in templates, and others are advertisements. This pages lists recurring free-text elements, which this project identifies using the feature attribute. This visualization shows the frequency with which features are distributed:
| Recurring Element Name(s) | Feature attribute | Usual Page(s) | Frequency | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertisements | none–identified using xml:id attribute | 1, 2 | daily | Use templates |
| Daily Weather Report | “weather” | 2 | daily | tempate alternate tempate |
| Birth / Death / Marriage | “birthDeathMarriage” | 2 | Single-line paid announcements | |
| Telegrams / Wire Reports / To-day’s telegrams (international news) | “wire” | 3, 4, 5 | daily | Sometimes there is no headline for this section. Treat cables as individual divs (type="cable"), each with its own <dateline> and <title>. This section is sometimes spread over two pages; when this is the case, you can use the next and prev attributes. |
| Local and General | “local” | 3 | daily | Treat individual paragraphs as individual divs (type="item"), each with its own <head>. |
| Sport and Play | “sport” | 3, 5 | daily? | Treat contents as items, each with own headline. |
| Personal and Social | “social” | 3 | daily? | Treat contents as paragraphs |
| The Khedive | “khedive” | 3 | daily? | |
| Council of Ministers | “councilMinisters” | 3 | ||
| Letters to the Editor | “letters” | 3 | Treat each letter as an item, with <byline> and <dateline> | |
| Native Press Comments | “nativePress” | 3 | ||
| Band Performance / Esbekieh Gardens | “bandPerformance” | 3 | Lists concert program. Format concert program as a list | |
| Obituary | “obituary” | 3 | Article on life of a resident of Egypt. Do not use for one-line obituary items in the Telegram section. | |
| Passenger List | “passList” | 3,4,5,6,7 | Treat arrivals and departures as items. | |
| Steamer Movements | “steamerMovements” | 3 | Almost daily. | Arrivals and departures of passenger ships. Treat contents as paragraphs. |
| Shipping Movements and Mouvement Maritime | “shippingMovements” | 4,6 | Almost daily. | Arrivals and departures of cargo ships. French-language Mouvement Maritime runs to October 1905; English-language Shipping Movements begins November 1905; format as paragraphs. |
| Délégation Municipale / Questions Municipales / Municipality | “municipality” | 3,4,6 | ||
| Army and Navy / Army of Occupation / Egyptian Army / Naval Notes | “army” | 3,4,5,7 | Often contain a <dateline>. | |
| Calendar of Coming Events | “comingEvents” | 5 | daily | see template for format |
| Cheap Prepaid Advertisements | “prepaidAdvertisements” | 2,5,7 | Also listed as “Cheap Advertisements.” Section template here. Treat each advertisement as an item. | |
| Chronique Theatrale / Abbas Helmy Theatre / Alhambra Theatre / Zizinia Theatre / etc. | “theatre” | 3,4 | Coverage of theatre performances | |
| Visitors’ List | “visitList” | 3,5 | Treat each hotel as an item. | |
| Matters of Moment / Pith of the Press Comments / Home Papers | “homePapers” | 5 | Make into a section and divide contents into items. | |
| Legal Notes / Chronique Judiciare | “legal” | 3,4,6 | French language | |
| Our London Letter | “londonLetter” | 7 | ||
| Our Paris Letter | “parisLetter” | 7 | ||
| Egyptological Notes | “egyptological” | |||
| Egyptian Share Market / Money and Share Market | “shareMarket” | 3,5 | Usually Thursday | Section containing items (Egyptians, Mining, Consols, Rails, etc.) with own heads; often closes with a table. Name changes from Egyptian Share Market to Money and Share Market in February 1906. |
| The Cotton Market | “cottonMarket” | 4 | Kearsley and Cunningham’s Weekly Report | |
| Chronique Financiere | “chroniqueFinanciere” | 3,4 | Usually Saturday | French language. Includes dateline. |
| Circulaire H. de Vries et Boutigny. Notes et Critiques | “circulaire” | 3,4 | French language | |
| Bulletin de la Bourse | “bulletinBourse” | 3,4,6 | French language | |
| Export Manifests | “exportManifests” | 4,6,8 | Use OCR and break each line into its own <p>. | |
| Notice / AVIS | “notice” | 4,5,6,7 | Annoucements of tenders and other business. Typically also feature the company or government (often the Alexandria Municipality) in the headline. AVIS is French language version, which is most common. |
“Notes from” section:
These notes typically appear on page 3. They are sourced to “Our Own Correspondent”. Treat individual stories as <div type="item">, each with its own <head>. It is not always clear how many stories belong to the section.
| Place | feature | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Constantinople | “notesConstantinople” | also appears as Constantinople Notes |
| Port Said | “notesPortSaid” | |
| Suez | “notesSuez” | |
| Fayoum | “notesFayoum” | also appears as Fayoum Notes |
| Cyprus | “notesCyprus” | |
| The Sudan | “notesSudan” | |
| Suakin | “notesSuakin” | |
| Khartoum | “notesKhartoum” | |
| Assiout | “notesAssiout” | |
| Luxor | “notesLuxor” | also appears as Luxor Notes |
| Other | “notesOther” | Notes from Akhmin, Keneh, Kafr Zayat, Minet el Gamh, Wadi Medani, and other places in Egypt |