Won't recognize alphabetical ordered list

That should work fine.

It would be helpful if you would post the url pointing to your example where it is not working. Then someone could look and see what is happening.

Here goes:
https://cutjibnewsletter.com/2015/12/a-simple-test-to-screen-out-robotic-gun-control-journalists-i-e-all-of-them/

Thanks for the help!

It has to do with the Theme’s CSS. You should probably post this on the themes support page https://www.ads-software.com/support/theme/the-newswire