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TIL The Great Coffee - Sugar War ( 1897 -1903) was fought between 'Coffee King' (John Arbuckle) and 'Sugar King' (Henry Osborne Havemeyer). The Price War was eventually won by John Arbuckle although the 'legal fees' alone cost each party millions of Dollars (not adjusting for inflation)

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