/*
Theme Name: All State Merchants Publication V6
Theme URI: https://allstatemerchants.com/
Author: All State Merchants
Description: Clean AMS business publication theme with publication-style home, archives, search, author pages, subscription/contributor links, resilient image rotation, and mobile-first editorial reading.
Version: 6.2.2
Text Domain: all-state-merchants-publication-v6
*/
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  --gold:#b78a35;
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  --article:820px;
}
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