sentences:  Most notable among these were successful grocery, clothing, and general goods stores; cigar box and cigar box art firms; and vegetable and dairy farms established in rural areas a few miles east of the city.Before 1900, a majority of the residents of early Ybor City considered themselves Cuban, with Spaniards comprising the second largest group.Consequently, the ongoing Cuban struggle for independence from Spanish colonial rule was a topic of intense interest and constant tension in the immigrant community.