''The People's Journal'', first published in 1858, was a

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-based Scottish periodical, originally produced by John Leng & Co., a local publishing company that for a time employed the Scottish artist, political cartoonist, postcard illustrator and publisher Martin Anderson (better known by his pseudonym

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) as a member of its staff. Another contributor was

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. Latterly, ''The People's Journal'' was produced by the regional publisher D.C. Thomson & Co.Dundee Directory - 1882
/ref> The last edition was published on Saturday 11 January 1986.
/ref> It carried poetry by readers, including

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. Editors included William Duncan Latto and Robert Paterson.

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