December 27th, 2023💰⛽️📚🍽️

Coffee, New Years, Art Galleries, and Mark Twain

December 27, 2023

In This Issue

🚨What You Should Know

💰Princeton Business News

⛽️Princeton Gas Prices

📚From the Bureau County Historical Society

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What You Should Know

  • BCR: “The Bureau County Farm Bureau Foundation announced it is offering scholarships to area students majoring in agriculture or an agriculture related trade. To be eligible for the scholarships, students must be pursuing a degree in an agricultural related field. Separate scholarship applications will be given to those students graduating high school and those students already attending a college or university.”

  • The Bureau County Historical Society is thrilled to announce this collaboration with the Princeton Area Chamber of Commerce. We are in the final design stages for a commemorative book featuring photos that have been voluntarily submitted for publication through our social media platform, Facebook, through electronic mail or other methods for this publication. This book will be available for purchase next month through the Bureau County Historical Society and History Center and the Princeton Area Chamber of Commerce.

  • BCR: “Andrew Rupcich, a McHenry High School product and son of 1992 Princeton High School graduate Bill Rupcich, [started] at right guard for the Titans against the Seahawks Sunday in Nashville.”

  • WQAD: “10-year-old Cali Pistole from Sheffield, Illinois raised around $1,500 selling hot cocoa bombs on social media. She used the funds to give back to her community.”

  • Recruits are needed to portray a Civil War dismounted cavalry unit for Shadows of the Blue and Gray. For more information, email [email protected].

  • Beginning Wednesday, January 10, 2024, six one-hour lessons, taught by local artist Judy Gosse will be held weekly at 5:30 pm at the Prairie Arts Center Gallery. For 8-14 year-olds. The cost is $10 per lesson per student with a $20 materials fee that covers all lessons. Email today: [email protected].

  • Monday, January 1st garbage routes will be picked up on Tuesday, January 2nd. All other collection routes will remain the same. Please set your garbage and recycling out by 5:00 AM

Local Business News

  • Grace Cafe specials this week:

    • Wed: Chicken Queso Sandwich

    • Thurs: BBQ Cheddar Burger

    • Fri: Shrimp Po Boy

    • Sat: Triple Cheese Smash Burger

    • Sun: Steak Skillet

  • Saturday evening, Platform 31 in Peru will welcome the band Brian Neumann Superhumann to perform for its patrons.

  • Tony’s Butt Shack is serving their cheap chicken today. They are also taking reservations for Saturday, December 30th, for their New Year’s Eve celebration. They will be serving Prime Rib, Shrimp Scampi, and Pork Chop Oscar.

  • Golden Rice Authentic Thai Food will be open Wednesday-Friday, 10:30am-2:00pm for lunch, and 4:00pm-6:30pm for dinner. 4-7pm Friday.

  • Paisano’s Ristorante will reopen tomorrow.

  • Downtown Pub & Event Center will have a New Year’s Eve party, from 8-1am. DJ Marlon will be there.

  • Valley Katz will be at the Spring Valley Boat Club in Granville, Sunday at 8:30pm.

  • The Closet is closed until January 18th for an interior refresh. The Donation Center will be open normal hours starting January 2nd. (Tuesday- Saturday, 9-3).

Princeton Gas Prices

1️⃣Sullivan’s: $3.06🏆

2️⃣Amoco, 720 N. Main: $3.08

2️⃣Casey’s, 520 W. Peru: $3.08

2️⃣Beck’s, 1838 N. Main: $3.08

3️⃣Shell, 2225 N. Main: $3.09

🤯Surprising Out-of-Town Deal:

Casey’s, 425 S. Main, Ladd: $2.75

📝FROM THE BUREAU COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

“152 years ago Samuel L. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, visited Princeton, IL. Three days before Christmas 1871, Twain, then 36, traveled from the train station depot via horse-drawn buggy to Patterson Hall, located on the third floor of the Converse Building, to give a humorous lecture. The Converse Building still stands, and is located on the northwest corner of the courthouse circle. At the time of his visit, Princeton had a population of around 3,264, though it's unknown how many citizens were present for his lecture.

Earlier that year, Susan B. Anthony, the famous women's rights advocate, spoke at Patterson Hall, and on January 8, 1872, abolitionist, orator, and scholar Frederick Douglass graced its stage.”

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