Placed text not following font in the master- results in 2 numbers/page- help!

Hello. I'm in InDesign. I mostly work in photoshop, but I needed to make 100 stickers all numbered 1-100 so this seemed the easiest.

I have an A-Parent page in InDesign where the text frame is given the right font and size so that only one line can fit at a time- the resulting new pages made by shift+click place would ideally have 1 number each. When I go to place, however, it ignores my font and puts 2 numbers each page in the default type. So I end up with 50 stickers with 2 numbers instead of 100 with 1.

The parent, with the right text box placeholder, is applied to page1.

So far I've tried
- Setting a character style
- Setting the text as primary and not (doesn't change the results)
- Pouring through almost every right click menu I can find, character, type settings...

I'm not an expert in InDesign, and I can't find anyone having this issue with a google or other search. Any advice is appreciated- I can show any part needed, just ask.

Incorrect

How the numbers SHOULD appear