The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 588

E. A. ISAACSON.

E. A. Isaacson, a successful druggist of Yakima, conducting business under the
name of the Reading Drug Company, was born in Dayton, Iowa, on the 9th of March,
1881, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Isaacson. He acquired a public school education
and afterward attended the Highland Park College of Des Moines, Iowa, in which
he pursued the pharmaceutical course. He subsequently engaged in clerking in
his native city and later went to Oklahoma, where he was again employed as
salesman in a drug store. In 1908 he arrived in Yakima, Washington, where he
secured a position in the Sloan drug store, in which he was thus employed until
he purchased an interest in his present business.
The Leading Drug Company \vas organized in the fall of 1910 by E. E. Reading
and the business was located in the Commercial Hotel building. There the store
was conducted until 1913, when a removal was made to the corner of Yakima avenue
and Second street. In 1914 another removal was made to No. 210 East Yakima
avenue, where a store space twenty-five by one hundred feet is utilized.

Mr. Reading sold his interests to W. V. Blackwell and E. A. Isaacson in the
spring of 1911 and on the 1st of January, 1915, Mr. Isaacson purchased the
interest of his partner and has been sole owner throughout the intervening
period. He carries an extensive line of drugs and druggists' sundries and has a
well appointed establishment, attractive in its arrangement. His prices are
reasonable and he is thoroughly reliable in his business methods. A liberal
patronage has therefore been secured and Mr. Isaacson is accounted one of the
foremost druggists of the valley.

In 1911 Mr. Isaacson was united in marriage to Miss Mae Kinne, of San
Francisco, California. He votes with the republican party, which he has
supported since reaching his majority, and he has membership with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and with the Commercial Club. His business interests
have brought him a wide acquaintance and the sterling traits of his character
have established him firmly in public regard both as a business man and
citizen.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.