Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-15
NATIONAL PUBLICITY FOR
ALEXANDRIA

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The Gazette pursuance of planslong contemplated
preparing mammoth edition to be published the lat
ter part of March, to be known it's National Publicity
number It has in mind an edition of some forty more
pages with extra circulation of several thousand att
least fifteen hundred Of which will be each Chamber
of Commerce the United States Besides this selected
lists being prepared competent authority to reach
the farming classes within market distance Of Alexandria,
their proper and legitimate trading point
There will be write-ups Of Alexandria, illustrated,
touching upon every phase Of its social industrial and
historic aspects The unique advantages Of this city as
residence place. ss manufacturing point and whole
sale and retail trade CENTER will be fully exploited and set
forth Our deepwater front, accessible to the Seven
Seas our nearness to nexhaustble coafelds; our rail-
road transportation facilities our proximity to raw ma
terias Of every description; these will be emphasized IN
such manner as to compel attention.
When we say that Alexandria is at critical stage Of
her evermenorable history Go not much any
impending trade financial crisis do that she is
lat the parting of the ways She must determine and de-
eide this good year Of 1922 to whether she to remain
stagnant and stationary whether she is to assume her
proper rank among the progressive cities of the United
States Nature has been prolific in her magnificent en-
Idownents But nature is inert matter; it remains for
the hand of man to make opportunity fluid and sweeping
in its onward food Of accomplishment. We have every
thing at our door that enterprise and ambition could ask
lit needs but an ndoitabe spirit part to seize
lit and create the wealth that is rightfuly ours
The one thing Alexandria lacks at present is intel
lgent publicity We do not need to exaggerate or paint
with the colors of the SOBER conservative state
ment of actuaes they exist here and now is sufficient
to attract capital and population never before A
country lies to the south Of u.s. on both sides of the Poo
mac that is blessed with climate and soil unsurpassed IN
the world This now dormant territory crying for means
of transportation hundred miles of it, with thousands
upon thousands of idle and falow acres lacks only the
steamer and the tug and the barge to pour its riches into
the lap of Alexandria Nature created the broad and
majestic river; but must provide the keel to poW It,
Think Of thousands of people, in this day and this age
dwelling along its shores forty to sixty miles from rail-
road living in an enforced ideness because here in
Alexandria have been asleep to almost inestlmabe
privileges in extending to them helping hand.
The Gazette has resolved to start the procession by
it's mammoth National Publicity Edition. which will GER
tanly advertise city it has been advertised
before Our representatives will soon be active among
the business interests of the city, who will explain in more
detail the plans for publicity The edition will be the
LARGEST and handsoes ever put forth in northern Viz
gnia and needs only the support and cooperation OF the
citizenship in whose interests the Gazette is laboring
One of the worthy presidents of our Chamber of Com
merce brought back heatful and inspiring slogan from
the great city by the lakes, not long since We have
adonted It for our own 1t is: do 1T AND DO IT
NOW!"