Standard warning: Do not try this at home

I'm helping my mother go through the Crawford family trunk, and this was among some newspaper clippings from the late 1800s and early 1900s. For those who can't see the image, it reads:

Breaks a Cold in a Day
And Cures Any Cough That is Curable. Noted Physician's Formula.
Get from any druggist "Two ounces of Glycerine and half an ounce of Concentrated Pine compound. Mix these with half a pint of good whisky. Take one to two teaspoonfuls after each meal and at bedtime. Smaller doses to children according to age." Any one can prepare this at home. This is the best formula known to science. There are many cheaper preparations of large quantity, but it don't pay to experiment with a bad cold. Be sure to get only the genuine (Globe) Concentrated Pine. Each half ounce bottle comes in a sealed tin screw-top case. If the druggist does not have in stock he will get it quickly from his wholesale house.

Yep, sounds like a plan. Mix up some glycerine, Pine-Sol and Gentleman Jack, then drink it. Then, if you're all about questioning the physics of spontaneous combustion, have a smoke afterward.